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"W POCKET ROAD-BOOK 

of; 

IRELAND, 

ON THE PLAN OF 

REICHARD'S ITINERARIES; 

CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF 

[LL THE DIRECT AND CROSS ROADS; 

TOGETHER WITH A 

DESCRIPTION OF EVERY REMARKABLE PLACE, 

TS CURIOSITIES, MANUFACTURES, COMMERCE, POPULATION, AND 
PRINCIPAL INNS ; THE WHOLE FORMING A COMPLETE 
GUIDE TO EVERY OBJECT WORTHY THE 
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Totem, a Guide to the Curiosities of Dublin, and a Map 

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INTRODUCTION. 



If, as has been well observed, the knowledge of the 
\ natural situation, the political institutions, and the 
|i local advantages, even of a foreign nation, be an ob- 
ject of considerable magnitude and a source of grati- 
fication to every enquiring and enlightened mind, 
surely an acquaintance with these relations, as they 
respect a country forming part of the same empire of 
which we ourselves are subjects, is of much greater 
importance and much deeper interest. It is under a 
conviction of this truth that the following pages have 
been written, and should they be the means of exciting 
an interest respecting my native country amongst the 
gentry of England and Scotland, and of inducing 
them more frequently to visit their less wealthy but 
warm-hearted neighbours, my labours will be amply 
rewarded, their amusement greatly promoted, and 
Ireland essentially benefited. 

That Ireland possesses many objects more worthy 
of notice than those frequently resorted to in other 
[ countries, I do not hesitate to aver, after a long resi- 
lence and an intimate acquaintance ; and I cannot 
.elp expressing my conviction, that the want of a 
;ood Guide to her beauties has been one of the prin- 
cipal reasons why they have not attracted the atten- 
tion to which they are entitled. The Giants 1 Cause- 
way with the neighbouring coast, the Lakes of Kil- 
larney, and the mountain scenery of Wicklow are 
unrivalled in their various styles of beauty, and can- 



iv INTRODUCTION. 

not fail to gratify all who delight in the study of 
Nature, or admire the majesty and splendour in which 
she has arrayed her works. 

In the compilation of this Guide I have endeavoured 
to render it an appropriate companion to the "New 
Pocket Road-Book of England and Wales," on the 
plan of which it is modelled. For this purpose I 
have consulted all previous publications on Ireland, 
correcting the errors which the lapse of time may 
have occasioned, and adding the result of my own 
personal observations, so as to condense into a porta- 
ble form whatever was calculated to interest the 
casual visiter or the more curious traveller. 

The Roads are measured from Dublin Castle, and 
the distances given in Irish miles, eleven of which 
are equal to fourteen British. 

To the Itinerary is prefixed a concise Description 
of Dublin, as it is probable that most of the visiters 
to other parts of Ireland will first spend a few days in 
viewing its splendid capital. 

A copious Index is appended, pointing out in what 
page of the work the direct road to any place is to 
be found, the descriptive account of it, and the cross- 
roads connected with it. 

In conclusion, I beg leave to acknowledge the 
kindness of those friends who have rendered me their 
assistance, and I shall feel obliged by any hints for 
the further improvement of the work, addressed to me 
at the Publishers. 

C. C. Hamilton. 



GLOSSARY, 

• Explanation of some of the Terms which occur in 
the following Pages, either by themselves or in 
connexion with other Words. 



ih, a Field. 

«a or Anagh, a River. 

d, an Eminence, or rising ground. 

h, a Ford. 
Awin, a River. 

Ballin or Bally, a Town, or inclosed habitation. 
Ban or Bane. 
Beg, Little. 

Ben, the Head or Top of a Mountain, 
Bun, a Bottom, Root, or Foundation 
Cahir or Car, a City. 

Cairn, a sepulchral heap of stones or earth. 
Carrick, Car rig, or Carrow, a Rock, or stony place, 
Clara, a Plain. 

Clog-k or Clough, a great Stone. 
Clon, a Lawn, or level pasture. 
Col or Cul, a Corner. 

Corcagh, Cork, or Curragk, a Marsh, or Swamp. 
Croghan or Croagh, a sharp-pointed Hill. 
Derry, a clear, dry Spot, in the middle of a Marsh. 
Don or Dun, a Height, or Fortress. 
Donagh, a Church. 
Drom, a lofty, narrow Ridge of Hills. 
Inch or Inis, an Island. 
Ken, a Head. 

Kill, a Church, or Burying Ground. 
Knock, a Hill, or Hillock. 
Lick, a Flat Stone, 



v i GLOSSARY, 

Lough, a Lake or Pool. 

Magh, a Plain. 

Main, a number of Hillocks. 

Moat, a Ditch. 

More, great, large. 

Mote, a small Rath. 

Rath, a Barrow, a Mount, an Entrenchment. 

Ross, a Neck of Land projecting into Water. 

Shan, Old. 

Sliebh or Slieve, a Range of Mountains, a Hill covered with 

Heath. 
Tach, a House. 
Temple, a Church. 
Tholsel, Town- House. 
Tobar or Tubber, a Spring, or Well* 
Tom or Toom, a Bush. 
Tra, a Strand. 

Tullagk, a Common, or gently-rising Ground* 
Tully, a Spot liable to Inundations, 



Wherever the Asterisk * occurs, it denotes that the place 
described in another part of the Work, 



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A 

DESCRIPTION OF DUBLIN. 



DUBLIN, the chief town of the county of the same 
name, in the province of Leinster, and the metropolis of 
Ireland, is situated on the Eastern coast of that country, 
in Lat. 53° 21' N., and Long. 6° 15' W. It is ahout a 
mile from the Bay of Dublin, a semicircular basin eight 
miles in diameter, celebrated for the beauty of its shores, 
and said to bear a considerable resemblance to the Bay of 
Naples. The North side of the harbour is sheltered by 
the Hill of Howth, on which there is a light-house, and 
the entrance to the City is defended by extensive moles. 

South of the town is seen at a short distance a beau- 
tiful range of hills, of varied shape, and considerable 
magnitude, which traverses the county of Wicklow, and 
bounds the coast running South-East from the city. 
To the North-East, the low-lands skirting the sea-coast, 
and which have the fine promontory of Howth Head on 
the right hand, are covered with innumerable vistas of 
luxuriant trees, and appear like a continued wood, with 
a Church Tower, or a stately mansion here and there 
rising above the foliage. 

The City of Dublin occupies a square area of about two 
miles and a half, and contains two Cathedrals, nineteen 
Churches, two Chapels of Ease, twenty Roman Catholic 
Chapels, a Calvinists' Church, a Danish and a Dutch 
Chapel, a Synagogue, various Chapels of Presbyterians, 
Methodists, Baptists and Quakers, and several Roman 
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DESCRIPTION OF DUBLIN. 



DUBLIN, the chief town of the county of the same 
name, in the province of Leinster, and the metropolis of 
Ireland, is situated on the Eastern coast of that country, 
in Lat. 53° 21' N., and Long. 6° 15' W. It is about a 
mile from the Bay of Dublin, a semicircular basin eight 
miles in diameter, celebrated for the beauty of its shores, 
and said to bear a considerable resemblance to the Bay of 
Naples. The North side of the harbour is sheltered by 
the Hill of Howth, on which there is a light-house, and 
the entrance to the City is defended by extensive moles. 

South of the town is seen at a short distance a beau- 
tiful range of hills, of varied shape, and considerable 
magnitude, which traverses the county of Wicklow, and 
bounds the coast running South-East from the city. 
To the North-East, the low-lands skirting the sea-coast, 
and which have the fine promontory of Howth Head on 
the right hand, are covered with innumerable vistas of 
luxuriant trees, and appear like a continued wood, with, 
a Church Tower, or a stately mansion here and there 
rising above the foliage. 

The City of Dublin occupies a square area of about two 
miles and a half, and contains two Cathedrals, nineteen 
Churches, two Chapels of Ease, twenty Roman Catholic 
Chapels, a Calvinists' Church, a Danish and a Dutch 
Chapel, a Synagogue, various Chapels of Presbyterians, 
Methodists, Baptists and Quakers, and several Roman, 
B 



2 DESCRIPTION OF DUBLIN, 

Catholic Monastic Institutions. The number of inha- 
bitants amounts to 200,000. 

The River Liffey divides Dublin into two nearly equal 
portions, which may be denominated the South and North 
divisions. On the South side of the River is the old 
town, including the Castle, the Exchange, the Cathedrals, 
the former Parliament House and Trinity College, Ste- 
phen's Green, and Merrion Square. 

On the North of the Liffey is a regularly -built new 
town, of superior beauty and magnificence, including the 
Four Courts, the Post Office, Nelson's Pillar, and the 
Custom House ; in the Northern quarter also are the 
Lying-in-Hospital, the Rotunda, Rutland Square, Mount- 
joy Square, Sackville Street, and some of the chief ave- 
nues of the metropolis. It is the principal residence of 
the nobility and gentry, and its best streets are not 
bounded by close lanes and small ancient houses, like 
those of the Southern Division. 

The Liffey is bounded on both sides by broad quays, 
which tend greatly to promote the beauty of the city, the 
purity of the air, and the health and comfort of the inha- 
bitants. They are constructed of granite, and extend 
from Ringsend Point, where the river falls into the Bay, 
for a space of three miles. Across the river are six hand- 
some stone bridges, and one of cast iron. 

Two Canals, the Royal and the Grand, which extend 
to the interior of Ireland, nearly surround Dublin, and 
terminate in docks on each side of the Liffey. They are , 
navigable for barges of sixty tons, and contribute to the 
supply of the Dublin markets. 

The Corporation of Dublin consists of the Lord Mayor, 
twenty -three Aldermen, two Sheriffs, twenty-six Sheriff's 
Peers, who are members for life, and ninety-six Common 



DESCRIPTION OF DUBLIN. £ 

Cotmeilmen, who are the representatives of twenty-five 
guilds. It is divided into two parts,* — the Board of Alder- 
men, of which the Lord Mayor is president ; and the 
Commons, consisting of the Sheriff's Peers and Common 
Councilmen, over which the Sheriffs for the year preside. 
The Lord Mayor's jurisdiction extends over the city and 
a portion of the Bay. He tries all offenders in this city, 
except for murder and treason ; and also civil suits for 
sums less than twenty pounds. 

The Police Establishment consists of eighteen Magis- 
trates, six of whom are Aldermen, six Sheriff's Peers 
and six Barristers ; nine of them are selected by Govern 
ment, and the other nine by the Common Council. 
There are also forty Horse-Patrole, a numerous body of 
Foot-Patrole, and 400 Watchmen. 

The Head Police Office is in Exchange Court ; but 
there are five others, at Usher's Quay, College Street, 
Marlborough Street, James Street, and Mountrath Street. 

DUBLIN CASTLE 

Is the chief residence of His Excellency the Lord Lieu- 
tenant of Ireland, and of the Irish Secretary. The 
Privy Council, when summoned by the Lord Lieutenant, 
meets in a Council-chamber, above the Archway, in the 
Upper Castle-yard. In this Castle His Excellency holds 
his Court and his Levees. Here also two Balls are given 
annually ; on the King's Birth-day and on St. Patrick's 
Day. The Lord Lieutenant's Household and Guard in 
eludes a Colonel and company of battle-axes, who do duty 
on state days in the apartments of the Castle ; a body- 
guard of horse, and a Captain and company of foot sol- 
diers. The Lord Lieutenant, besides his Chief Secretary, 

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4 DESCRIPTION OF DUBLIN. 

has a Private Secretary, a Comptroller, Chamberlain, 
Gentleman Usher, Master of the Horse, Gentlemen of 
the Chamber, four Pages, eight Aides-de-Camp, and 
twenty-four Chaplains. 

The Castle was erected in 1220, by Henry de Londres, 
Archbishop of Dublin, but did not become the Vice-Regal 
residence till the reign of Elizabeth. It is divided inta 
two courts or yards, the Upper containing the apartments 
of the Lord Lieutenant and his suite ; and the Lower the 
Treasury, Chapel, Ordnance Office, &c. The principal 
entrance is from Cork Hill, and consists of a lofty arch, 
called the East Gate, over which is a statue of Justice. 
The Upper Castle-yard is a quadrangle, 280 feet by 130, 
having on its N. side a building of the Ionic order, 
crowned with a Corinthian tower and cupola. On one 
side of this building is the Eastern-Gate already men- 
tioned ; and on the other is a corresponding archway, 
surmounted by a statue of Fortitude. The colonnade on 
the opposite side of the quadrangle leads to the Regal 
Apartments, behind which are the Castle Gardens. The 
Presence Chamber is fitted up with crimson velvet, and 
adorned with a splendid lustre. 

St. Patrick's Hall is a noble room, 82 feet long, 41 
broad, and 38 high. On its ceiling are three paintings, 
representing George III. supported by Liberty and 
Justice ; the Conversion of the Druids by St. Patrick ; 
and the Submission of the Kings of Ireland to Henry II. 

The Chapel in the Lower Castle-yard is a beautiful 
edifice of Gothic architecture, designed by Mr. Johnston, 
and completed in 1814, at an expense of 40,000/. It con- 
sists of a simple choir 73 feet long, and 35 broad, and has 
a ceiling of groined arches, supported by beautiful pillars. 
The East window is adorned with stained glass, repre- 
senting Christ before Pilate, and the Four Evangelists, 



DESCRIPTION OF DUBLIN. 5 

The front of the gallery and the pulpit are ornamented 
with carving. 

At the West end of the Chapel is a circular edifice 
called the Record Tower, the most ancient part of the 
Castle. It is connected with the Birmingham Tower by 
a portion of the original city- wall. The Ordnance Office 
and the Treasury are also in the Lower Castle-yard. 

THE UNIVERSITY, OR TRINITY COLLEGE. 

This College is the only university in Ireland, and by its 
immense endowments, one of the richest in Europe. It 
was originally projected in 1311, but did not flourish till 
the reign of Elizabeth, from whom Archbishop Usher ob- 
tained its charter. Dr. Adam Loftus, Archbishop of 
Dublin, was the first Provost, and Usher, Chaloner, and 
Moyne, were the first Fellows. The establishment consists 
of a Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, Provost, Vice-Provost, 
twenty-four Fellows, five King's Professors of Divinity, 
Common Law, Civil Law, Physic, and Greek ; and about 
1600 students. There are also Professors and Lecturers in 
each department of science and literature, on the founda- 
tions of Erasmus Smyth and Archbishop King. The 
College has the patronage of nineteen valuable livings, to 
which the Fellows who choose to accept them are ap- 
pointed by seniority. The Fellows are elected from the 
Graduates, after an examination distinguished by a 
severity surpassing that at any other college. 

The buildings of the University are extensive and 
handsome, and consist of three squares. The principal 
front, which is of the Corinthian order, is towards College 
Green, and is 300 feet in length. An octagon vestibule 
leads to the Parliament Square, a quadrangle 316 feet by 
212, built entirely of hewn stone. On the N. side is the 

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t DESCRIPTION OF DUBLIN. 

€hapel, adorned with, a portico, consisting of four Co- 
rinthian columns, supporting a pediment : the chancel is 
80 feet long, exclusive of a recess at its extremity, 40 
feet broad, and 44 high. On the S. side, corresponding 
in dimensions and external appearance, is the Theatre, or 
Examination Hall, ornamented with, portraits of Queen 
Elizabeth, Archbishops Usher and King, Bishop Berkeley, 
W. Molyneux, Esq., Dean Swift, Dr. Baldwin, and Mr. 
Speaker Foster. It also contains a handsome monument, 
executed by Hewetson, in memory of Provost Baldwin, 
who left 80,000/. to the University. 

Between the Parliament Square and the Library Square 
is the Refectory, which is 70 feet long, 35 broad, and 
35 high. It is hung with portraits of Frederick, Prince 
of Wales, Provost Baldwin, Archbishop Cox, Grattan, 
Flood, Hussey Burgh, Lord Avonmore, Lord Kilwarden, 
and Lord Downes. 

The Library Square is 265 feet in length, and 214 in 
breadth ; three sides of it are built of brick, but the 
fourth, containing the Library, is of stone. This noble 
apartment is 210 feet in length, 40 in breadth, and 40 
in height ; and is adorned with numerous busts. The 
number of volumes amounts to 80,000 ; in addition to 
which there is a second apartment, called the Fagel Li- 
brary, containing 20,000 volumes, and over it, a Manu- 
script Room. 

East of the Library Square is the College Park, com- 
prising about 20 acres. It contains a bowling-green and 
tennis-courts. To the right of the entrance to the Park 
are the Anatomical Rooms and Chemical Laboratory, 
containing some very curious preparations and skeletons. 
Amongst the latter are M'Grath, the Irish giant, Clarke, 
the ossified man of Cork, an entire whale, &c. There 
are also some wax models of the human figure. 



DESCRIPTION OF DUBLIN. 7 

Opposite the Anatomical Rooms is the University 
Printing Office, and on the S. side of the College, towards 
Grafton Street, stands the Provost's House, erected from 
designs by the Earl of Burlington. 

North of the Library Square is the third quadrangle, 
called Botany Bay, the stone front of which, towards 
New Brunswick Street, is 270 feet in length. The Mu- 
seum, which occupies the centre of the main building, is 
60 feet in length, and 40 in breadth ; it contains a large 
collection of minerals, curiosities from the South Sea 
Islands, a model of the Giant's Causeway, an antique 
Irish harp, &c. &c. 

STxVTUE OF WILLIAM III. 

Opposite to Trinity College, in College Green, stands a 
brass equestrian statue of William III., erected in 1700, 
in commemoration of the Revolution of 1688. The pe- 
destal is of granite, and is decorated with trophies. 

THE BANK OF IRELAND, 

Formerly the Parliament House, is situated in College 
Green, and is justly celebrated for its elegant architecture. 
It is of a semicircular form, and occupies about an acre 
and a half. The first stone of the Parliament House was 
laid in 1729, by Lord Carteret, the Lord Lieutenant, and 
the edifice was finished in 1739, from designs by Sir E. 
L. Pearce. This, however, being found too small, the 
East front was added in 1785, from designs by Mr. Gan- 
don; and in 1787> the West front was designed and 
executed by Mr. Park. 

The principal front, 147 feet in length, is a grand 
Ionic colonnade, forming three sides of a quadrangular 



8 DESCRIPTION OF DUBLIN. 

court-yard, and resting on a floor, which is approached by 
a flight of steps. In the centre is a portico adorned with 
the Royal Arms and statues of Hibernia, Fidelity, and 
Commerce. The entrances from the street are formed by 
lofty archways on each side. The East front, towards 
College Street, presents a Corinthian portico, of six co- 
lumns, on which are statues of Fortitude, Justice, and 
Liberty. The West front, towards Foster Place, has a por- 
tico of four columns, of the Ionic order ; and contiguous 
to it is a Guard House, built from designs by Mr. Kirk. 

The interior of the Bank corresponds with the beauty 
of the external elevation, and the various apartments are 
well adapted to the purposes intended. The Cash Office, 
built by Mr. Johnston, is a noble apartment, 70 feet 
long, and 50 broad, crowned by a lofty lantern, and sur- 
rounded by fluted pillars of the Ionic order. The Court 
of Proprietors, formerly the House of Lords, contains a 
statue of George III., by Bacon, Junior, a bust of the 
Duke of Wellington, by Turnerelli, and two pieces of 
Dutch tapestry, representing the Battle of the Boyne and 
the Siege of Londonderry. One of the apartments is occu- 
pied as an Armory, and in a room next to it is a model 
of the Bank, executed by Mr. Doolittle. The machinery 
in the Bank Printing Office, invented by Mr. Oldham, 
for the formation of Bank-notes, and the prevention of 
forgery, is remarkably curious and extensive. 

The Bank of Ireland was incorporated in 1783 ; it has 
a Governor, Deputy Governor, and fifteen Directors. 
The Cash and Bullion Offices are open every day from 
ten to three. 

THE ROYAL EXCHANGE. 

This chaste and elegant structure occupies a conspicuous 
situation on Cork Hill, near the Castle* It was com- 



DESCRIPTION OF DUBLIN. 9 

menced In 1769, from designs by Mr. Cooley, and com* 
pleted in ten years. It forms a quadrangle of 100 feet* 
surmounted by a dome, and has three fronts, all of Port- 
land stone. The North, or principal front, exhibits a 
portico of six Corinthian columns, the entablature being 
continued along the other fronts, all of which are adorned 
with pilasters of the Corinthian order, and are surmounted 
by a balustrade. Beneath the building are extensive 
vaults, occupied by the Commissioners of Customs, the 
entrance to which is on the East side. 

The interior of the Exchange is a rotunda, formed by 
twelve fluted Corinthian columns, 32 feet in height, and 
crowned by a dome, richly ornamented with stucco. In 
this room is a statue of George III., by Van Nost, pre- 
sented to the city by the Earl of Northumberland ; and 
on the staircase leading to the Court of Commissioners 
for Bankrupts, and to the Exchange Coffee Room, is a 
statue of Dr. Lucas, the patriotic representative of Dub- 
lin in the Irish Parliament, executed by E. Smyth. 

THE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS 

Were erected in 1798, by a Company of Merchants, the 
Royal Exchange not being deemed sufficiently convenient 
for mercantile pursuits. They are situated on the North 
side of Dame Street, and form a handsome but simple 
edifice, comprising a spacious and lofty Hall, an Assurance 
and Notary-Public's Office, an excellent Coffee Room, a 
Stock Exchange, and an Hotel. 

THE CORN EXCHANGE, 

On Burgh Quay, is a handsome stone structure, contain- 
ing a Hall, 130 feet in length, surrounded by ambula- 



10 DESCRIPTION OF DUBLIN. 

tories, both being furnished with tables, for the exhibition 
of samples of corn. 

THE POST-OFFICE 

Is a superb stone edifice, situated in Sackville Street, and 
designed by Mr. Johnston. The first stone was laid by 
Lord Whitworth, in 1814, and the building was com- 
pleted in 1818, at an expense of 50,000/. The front is 
220 feet in length, and in the centre is a noble portico, 
consisting of six fluted Ionic columns, supporting a pedi- 
ment with the Royal Arms. Over the pediment are 
statues of Mercury, Hibernia, and Fidelity, executed by 
J. Smyth. The interior is commodiously laid out : in 
the Board Room is a marble bust of Lord Whitworth, by 
Smyth. 

The establishment of a separate Post -Office for Ireland 
was first formed in 1784, under the government of two 
Post -Masters General ; and there are now upwards of 
400 places in Ireland at which this Office delivers letters. 
The Penny Post, established in 1770, is also conducted 
in this building. Letters are delivered within the Me- 
tropolis four times a day for one penny : the charge for 
those without the Circular Road is twopence. Mail- 
coaches were first used here in 1790, six years after their 
introduction in England. They leave the Post-Office 
every evening at eight o'clock. 

NELSON'S MONUMENT 

Stands immediately opposite to the Post-Office. It con- 
sists of a fluted Ionic column, erected in 1808 from designs 
by Wilkins, and surmounted by a colossal statue of Lord 
Nelson. On the pedestal are inscribed the names of Tra- 



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falgar, Vincent, Nile, and Copenhagen, with the dates of 
those actions. The entire height is 134 feet. 



THE ROTUNDA, 

At the end of Sackville Street, is an elegant circular 
building, in which concerts and assemblies are held. It 
comprises a Great Room 80 feet in diameter and 40 in 
height, a Card Room and a Tea Room, each 56 feet by 24 
a Ball Room 86 feet by 40, Exhibition Rooms, &c. 

THE CUSTOM HOUSE 

Is situated on Eden Quay, on the N. bank of the Lifiey, 
near Carlisle Bridge, and is justly ranked as the second 
building in Dublin as to architectural appearance. It was 
commenced in 1781 from designs by Mr. Gandon, and 
was completed in ten years at an expense of £260,000. 

This magnificent edifice is 375 feet in length, and 200 
in depth, and has four fronts all of stone. In the centre 
of the principal or south front is a portico consisting of 
four massive Doric columns supporting a pediment, in 
which are represented Hibernia and Britannia embracing, 
and holding the emblems of Peace and Liberty, the 
whole executed in alto-relievo by J. Smyth. On the 
attic story are four statues of Navigation, Commerce, 
Industry, and Wealth, by T. Banks. Above the portico 
rises a noble dome 26 feet in diameter, crowned by a 
statue of Hope, the head of which is 125 feet from the 
ground. The other fronts are handsome, but not so 
splendid as the principal. 

The only objects of the interior entitled to a stranger's 
attention are the Grand Staircase, which is curiously con- 
structed, and the Long Room, a noble apartment 70 feet 



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by 65, the arched ceiling of which is supported by a range 
of Composite columns. 

East of the Custom House are extensive Wet Docks, 
and the King's Tobacco Warehouse, a building of im- 
mense size designed by Rennie. Its length is 500 and its 
breadth 160 feet. The roof, the lanterns, and the pillars, 
are of metal. 



THE FOUR COURTS. 

The present magnificent Courts of Law are situated on 
King's Inn Quay, and occupy the site of the Friary of 
St. Saviour, founded by William Mareschall, Earl of 
Pembroke, in 1202. The first stone was laid by the Duke 
of Rutland in 1786, and the building was completed in 
twelve years. Mr. Cooley gave the design for it, but on 
his decease, Mr. Gandon undertook the superintendence. 

The front is 450 feet long, and the buildings are 170 
feet in depth. The great portico facing the river consists 
of six Corinthian columns supporting a massive pediment, 
above which are statues of Moses, Justice, and Mercy. 
At the corners of this portion of the edifice are two other 
statues, of Wisdom and Authority. The wings are sepa- 
rated from the centre by large square areas, in front of 
which are arched screens continuing the facade in a right 
line. 

In the centre of the building is the Hall, a rotunda 64 
feet in diameter, from which the Courts of Chancery, 
King's Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer, diverge, 
forming the angles of a square. The intervals between 
the Courts are occupied by retiring rooms, jury rooms, &c. 
The upper part of the rotunda is a circular lantern, 
lighted by twelve windows, and ornamented with twenty- 
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DESCRIPTION OF DUBLIN. 13 

surmounted by a dome with a Mosaic ceiling. On the 
pannels over the entrances to the Courts are basso-relievoes 
representing William I. instituting Norman Courts ; 
John signing Magna Charta ; Henry II. granting a 
charter to the people of Dublin ; and James I. abolishing 
the Brehon Laws and granting a general amnesty. 
Above the roof of the hall, but beneath the externa 
cupola, is the Record Chamber. 

There are several apartments underground, one of 
which is a Coffee Room. 

THE KING'S INNS. 

The Society of King's Inns assumed that appellation in 
1542, but the present edifice at the end of Henrietta 
Street was not erected till the close of the eighteenth 
century. The Society had previously occupied premises 
where the Four Courts now stand. The front is of hewn 
stone, and presents a centre and two wings, which extend 
110 feet in depth. The central building is surmounted 
by a beautiful octangTiiar cupola, beneath which is a lofty 
gateway with the Royal Arms. 

The King's Inn contains the Record Office where wills 
and testamentary papers are deposited. The Prerogative 
Court occupies the South wing, and in the North is the 
Dining Room, containing a portrait of Lord Chancellor 
Manners. The Library, which is over the Ante-Hall, 
possesses a valuable collection of law books, as well as 
some curious MSS. 

THE DUBLIN SOCIETY'S HOUSE 

Is situated in Kildare Street, and was formerly the town 
residence of the Duke of Leinster. The front, which is 
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14 DESCRIPTION OF DUBLIN, 

of the Corinthian order, is handsome, and behind the 
building is a lawn opening to Merrion Square. The hall 
is a lofty apartment, adorned with a copy of the Belvidere 
Apollo, and leads to the Board Room, News Room, &c. 
On the next Story is the Library, containing about 12,000 
volumes, and a considerable number of MSS. The Mu- 
seum is disposed in six rooms on the same floor ; it con- 
tains a very extensive collection of minerals, classified 
according to Werner, and numerous specimens of Natural 
History, as well as some models. The Chemical Labora- 
tory contains a valuable apparatus, and lectures are deli- 
vered here annually. 

The Dublin Society originated in 1731, and was 
entirely supported by the subscriptions of Dr. Madan, 
Dr. Prior, and a few other scientific gentlemen, till 1749, 
when it was incorporated as the Dublin Society for pro- 
moting Husbandry and other useful Arts. It is governed 
by a President and six Vice-Presidents, and has Pro- 
fessors of Botany and Agriculture, of Chemistry, of 
Mineralogy, and of the Veterinary Art. There are also 
Drawing Masters for Landscape, the Figure and Archi- 
tecture, a Master for Sculpture, a Librarian, Gardener, &c. 
The Society's Botanic Garden is at Glassnevin, about a 
mile from Dublin, where the traveller may spend a morn- 
ing with much gratification. 

The various departments of this valuable Institution 
are open to the public on certain days, which may be 
known on application at the house. 

THE THEATRE ROYAL 

Is situated in Hawkins Street, on the site of the Dublin 
Society's Old House. It was built in 1821 by Mr. Harris, 
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DESCRIPTION OF DUBLIN. 15 

rusticated basement in the form of an arcade, above 
which are columns and pilasters of the Ionic and Doric 
orders. The interior is well constructed and tastefully 
ornamented. 

THE MANSION HOUSE 

Is an ancient edifice in Dawson Street, forming the 
residence of the Lord Mayor. The exterior is by no 
means prepossessing, but the interior presents several 
good apartments, the principal of which are the Round 
Room, built expressly for the reception of his Majesty 
George IV. in 1821 ; the Ball Room, adorned with several 
portraits, amongst which are those of the Dukes of Cum- 
berland and Richmond, by Sir T. Lawrence ; the Drawing 
Room, containing several portraits; and the Sheriff's 
Room, also ornamented with paintings. 

On a lawn to the left of the Mansion House is an 
equestrian statue of George I., which formerly stood on 
Essex Bridge. 

THE LINEN AND YARN HALL 

Is situated in Linen-hall Street, and is the grand mart for 
the staple manufacture of Ireland. It covers three acres 
of ground, and contains nearly 600 apartments, in which 
linens and yarns are deposited. 

THE SESSIONS' HOUSE 

Is situated in Green Street, and was built in 1797* The 
front is adorned with six columns supporting a pediment. 
The interior forms a lofty and spacious court, furnished 
with a gallery for the public. The Quarter Sessions are 

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16 DESCRIPTION OF DUBLIN. 

opened by the Lord Mayor, who goes in procession for 
the purpose. 



THE STAMP OFFICE, 

Formerly the residence of Viscount Powerscourt, is a spa- 
cious and magnificent building, situated in William Street. 
It was erected in 1774, and purchased by the Commis- 
sioners in 1811 for £15,000. The observatory, which 
crowns the front of the edifice, commands a good view of 
Dublin. 

THE PHCENIX PARK 

Is a royal enclosure, situated at the West end of Dublin, 
and pleasingly diversified by woodland and rising grounds. 
It comprises about 1000 acres, and is 7 miles in circumfe- 
rence. The Lord-Lieutenant's Country Residence, which 
is situated in this park, is a handsome building, and oppo- 
site to it is the mansion of the Chief Secretary. Near 
the entrance to the former is a Corinthian column sur- 
mounted by a phoenix, erected in 1745 by Lord Ches- 
terfield. 

This, Park also contains the Royal Military Infirmary ; 
the Hibernian School, established by Lord Townshend 
for the maintenance and education of soldiers' children ; 
a Chalybeate Spa, surrounded by pleasing walks ; a Pow- 
der Magazine ; and a plain of fifty acres, on which the 
troops are occasionally reviewed. 

Here also, on an elevated situation, is the Wellington 
Testimonial, erected from a design by Mr. R. Smirke. It 
consists of an obelisk 205 feet in height, resting on a 
pedestal 24 feet high and 56 square, on the sides of which 
are basso -relievoes representing some of the Duke of 



DESCRIPTION OF DUBLIN. 17 

Wellington's victories. The obelisk bears the names of 
the battles won by the Duke, and in front of it is an 
equestrian statue of his Grace. 

THE ROYAL BARRACKS 

Are situated on Arbour Hill, near Phoenix Park, and are 
capable of accommodating 2000 men. They were built 
in 1706, and consist of several spacious and handsome 
squares, built on three sides and open on the fourth. 
For beauty of situation and grandeur of appearance, they 
are unrivalled. 

SQUARES. 

St, Stephen's Green, at the S.E. part of Dublin, is the 
largest and handsomest square in the City. It is rather 
more than three-quarters of a mile in circuit, and is 
surrounded by several noble mansions. The centre is 
an enclosure of 17 acres planted with shrubs and ever- 
greens, and having in the middle a brass equestrian 
statue of George II. executed by Van Nost. On the 
West side of the square, is Surgeons' Hall. 

Fitzwilliam Square is a short distance S.E. of the 
preceding, and is little more than one-fourth the size, 
being rather less than a quarter of a mile in circumference. 
The interior is pleasingly laid out, and the houses, which 
occupy three sides of the square, are very neat. 

Merrion Square is situated to the East of St. Stephen's 
Green, to which it ranks next in point of size. It is 
about half a mile in circuit, and in the centre are 12 
acres of walks and shrubbery. The houses on the N. 

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18 DESCRIPTION OF DUBLIN. 

side are remarkably well built, and on the W. si le is the 
Dublin Society's House, having a spacious lawn. On this 
side also is an ornamented fountain, erected by the Duke 
of Rutland. 

Rutland Square is situated at the back of the Lying-in 
Hospital and Rotunda Rooms, and is laid out with great 
taste. It is opened as a promenade during the summer 
evenings, when it is illuminated and enlivened by music. 
The enclosure is nearly a quarter of a mile in circumfe- 
rence, and contains some stately timber. 

Mountjoy Square is situated to the N.E. of Rutland 
Square, near the Circular Road. It is rather more than 
a qt\arter of a mile in circuit, and is surrounded by 
regularly-built though not large houses. The centre 
encloses four acres, laid out in walks, and planted with 
shrubs. 

BRIDGES. 

Carlisle Bridge, connecting Westmoreland and Sack- 
ville Streets, is a handsome stone edifice of three arches, 
erected in 1791. It is 210 feet long and 40 broad. The 
view from this bridge is truly beautiful. 

The Cast Iron Bridge between Carlisle and Essex 
Bridges, is a single arch 140 feet in the span, resting on 
stone buttresses. 

Essex Bridge, crossing the river from Parliament 
Street to Capel Street, was originally erected in 1676, 
but rebuilt in 1755 on the plan of Westminster Bridge. 



DESCRIPTION OF DUBLIN, 19 

Richmond Bridge, connecting Wine-Tavern Street 
with King's-Inn Quay, was built in 1816 from designs 
by Mr. Savage. It consists of three stone arches, the 
centres of which are adorned with representations of 
Commerce, Hibernia, and Peace, on one side, and Plenty, 
the Liffey, and Industry, on the other. 

Whitworth Bridge was commenced in 1816 on the site 
of the Old Bridge, which was the oldest in the City. It 
resembles .Richmond Bridge, and connects the extremities 
of Merchants' and King's -Inn Quays. 

Queen's Bridge, connecting Bridge-root Street and 
Queen Street, is 1 40 feet long and 40 broad. It consists 
of three stone arches, erected in 1764 on the site of Arran 
Bridge. 

Bloody, or Barrack Bridge, is the oldest in Dublin, and 
is situated near the Royal Barracks. It is called Bloody 
in consequence of a fatal encounter which occurred in 
1671 between the Military and some Dublin apprentices, 
who wished to demolish a bridge near the Barracks. 

Sarah's Bridge, or Sarah's Arch, at Island Bridge, 
about a mile from the city, is so called from Sarah, 
Countess of Westmoreland, who laid the first stone in 
1791. It is a beautiful structure, consisting of one stone 
arch 104 feet in the span. 

PROTESTANT CHURCHES. 

Dublin is the see of an Archbishop, and is remarkable for 
possessing two Cathedrals. It has also nineteen Churches. 
The following are most worthy of the stranger's attention : 



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St, Patrick's Cathedral was founded in 1190 on the site 
of a chapel erected by St. Patrick; but it was not till 
1370 that the first stone of the present edifice was laid. 
This cathedral is of Gothic architecture, and is sur- 
mounted by a steeple and spire, the summit of which is 
223 feet from the ground. The nave is 130 feet long, 
and is illumined by one large window at the West end ; it 
contains, amongst other monuments, those of the follow- 
ing remarkable persons : — Archbishops Smyth, Marsh, 
Talbot, and Tregury ; Bishop Meredyth, Dean Keating ; 
Dean Swift, who was interred Oct. 22, 1745 ; Mrs. Hes- 
ter Johnson, well known as Swift's Stella; Richard Lam- 
bert, Earl of Cavan ; John Ball, serjeant-at-law ; Richard 
Parsons, Earl of Rosse; and A. M'Gee, a servant of 
Dean Swift. The Organ, which is the finest-toned in 
Ireland, was built at Rotterdam, and given to the Cathe- 
dral by the Duke of Ormond, who took it from the 
Spaniards at Vigo. 

The Choir is extremely beautiful, and has an arched 
ceiling of stucco which has replaced the ancient stone 
roof. It contains the stalls of the Knights of St. Pa- 
trick, together with their helmets, swords, banners, &c. 
Amongst the monuments with which it is adorned, are 
those of Richard Boyle, Earl of Corke, and Catherine 
his wife; Elizabeth, Viscountess Doneraile; the Duke o 
Schomberg, who was killed at the Boyne ; Dr. Byttolph, 
Dean of Raphoe and Chaplain to Charles I. ; and Arch- 
bishop Jones. 

The Chapter House contains a statue of the Marquess 
of Buckingham ; and here also is preserved the skull of 
the Duke of Schomberg. 

In the Dean's House in Kevin Street are portraits of 
all the Deans of St. Patrick's. The Archiepiscopal Palace 
has been transformed into Barracks for the Police. 



DESCRIPTION OF DUBLIN. 21 

Near the Cathedral is Archbishop Marsh's Library, 
which is open to the public. It contains the books of 
Dr. Stillingfleet and some curious MSS. 

Christ-Church Cathedral, formerly dedicated to the 
Blessed Trinity, was erected in 1038, on the site of a range 
of vaults, in which St. Patrick first preached to the people 
of Dublin. The present choir, however, was not built till 
1658. This Cathedral is situated near the centre of Dub- 
lin, not far from the Castle. The exterior is in the Gothic 
style, but so dilapidated and disfigured by buttresses, that 
little of its original beauty remains. The Nave is 103 
feet long, and contains several monuments, particularly 
those of Thomas Prior, a zealous promoter of the manu- 
factures of Ireland ; Earl Strongbow, the first invader of 
Ireland, who died 1177 ; Lord Chancellor Bowes, who died 
in 1767; Lord Chancellor LifFord, buried in 1789; and 
Dr. Welbore Ellis, Bishop of Meath. 

The Transept is 90 feet in length, and is principally of 
Saxon architecture. The Choir is 104 feet by 28, and 
exhibits an incongruous mixture of several styles of archi- 
tecture : it contains monuments in memory of Robert, 
Earl of Kildare, Bishop Fletcher, and Dr. Woodward, 
In one of the aisles are statues of Charles II. and James II. 
Contiguous to the Cathedral is St. Mary's Chapel, belong- 
ing to the Dean and Chapter. 

St Andrew's, or the Round Church, contiguous to Dame 
Street, was built in 1793. It is of an elliptical form, and 
measures 80 feet by 60. Over the entrance in St. An- 
drew's Street is a statue of the saint by E. Smyth, and in 
the churchyard is an unfinished steeple, in the Gothic 
style, designed by Mr. Johnston. The interior is light 
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22 DESCRIPTION OF DUBLIN, 

the gallery are very beautiful. In the centre is a well- 
executed font, of veined marble; and over it hangs a 
lustre which formerly belonged to the Irish House of 
Commons. 

St. George's Church, in Hardwicke Place at the N. 
extremity of Dublin, is a very handsome modern edifice, 
erected from designs by Mr. Johnston. The principal 
front is 92 feet in width, and consists of a noble portico 
of four fluted Ionic columns, the ascent to which is formed 
by a flight of steps 42 feet wide. Above it rises the 
steeple, a beautiful specimen of architecture, 200 feet in 
height. The body of the church forms a square, having 
three fronts of the Ionic order. At the eastern extremity 
are the parish school and vestry-room. 

St. WerburgWs Church, in Werburgh Street, is a large 
and elegant structure, erected in 1759, on the site of 
the original building, dedicated to the sainted daugh- 
ter of Wulherus, king of Mercia. The front con- 
sists of several stories, the basement being Ionic, the 
second story Corinthian, and the third Composite. The 
spire by which it was formerly surmounted was taken 
down in 1810. In this church, Sir James Ware the anti- 
quary, Edwin the performer, and the unfortunate and 
misguided Lord Edward Fitzgerald, were interred. 

St. Michan's Church is situated in Church Street, on 
the N. side of the Liffey. The body of the building is 
cruciform, and very ancient ; but the steeple is more 
modern. Near the altar is an antique figure of a man in 
armour, but of whom is unknown. The vaults beneath 
this church are dry, and are remarkable for preserving 
bodies almost unaltered for a great many years. Some, 



DESCRIPTION OF DUBLIN. 23 

that have been here centuries, still retain their features. 
In the churchyard is the monument of Dr. Lucas, who 
represented Dublin in Parliament, and died in 1771 • 

St. Peter's, in Aungier Street, is the largest parish 
church in the city, and is noted as that in which the cele- 
brated Dean Kirwan preached. Mr. Maturin, the author 
of Bertram, was a curate of this parish. 

St. Thomas's Church, opposite Gloucester Street, is an 
elegant structure, erected in 1 758 from a design by Pal- 
ladio. The interior is commodious and well designed. 

The other Churches of Dublin present nothing worthy 
of particular attention. 

ROMAN CATHOLIC CHAPELS. 

Dublin contains numerous places of worship in which 
service is performed according to the rites of the Romish 
Church ; but the following are the only ones entitled to 
notice. 

The Metropolitan Roman Catholic Chapel, situated in 
Marlborough Street near Sackville Street, is a magnificent 
building in the Grecian style, the erection of which was 
begun in 1816. It is surmounted by a dome, and adorned 
with a noble portico, consisting of six columns of the Doric 
order. 

Anne Street Chapel is a handsome stone edifice in the 
pointed style. Over the grand altar is an alto-relievo, 
representing our Saviour; and on the side altars are 
paintings of St. Francis and the Virgin. 



24 DESCRIPTION OF DUBLIN. 

Exchange Street Chapel is an elegant modern building, 
in the pointed style, having two beautiful fronts of hewn 
stone. The interior is chaste, though richly ornamented. 
Over the altar is a painting of the Crucifixion, and on 
either side are windows of stained glass. The two smaller 
altars are adorned with paintings ; one representing St. 
John the Evangelist, by Del Frate ; and the other Mi- 
chael and Satan, copied from Raphael. On one side of 
the chapel is a monument in memory of Dr. Beatagh, exe- 
cuted by Turnerelli. The confessionals are very beauti- 
fully carved. 

MEETING HOUSES. 

The places of worship in Dublin belonging to the Dis- 
senters are numerous, but none of them are remarkable as 
buildings. 

The Presbyterians have Meeting Houses in Strand 
Street, Mary's Abbey, Eustace Street, and Usher's Quay ; 
the Independents in Plunket Street, Hawkins Street, and 
King's Inn Street ; the Methodists in Mount joy Square, 
Great Charles Street, Great George Street, Abbey Street, 
Cork Street, Kendrick Street, and Whitefriars Street ; 
the Baptists in Swift's Alley ; the Moravians in Bishop 
Street ; the Quakers in Meath Street and Sycamore Alley. 
There are also various other places of worship of minor 
importance. 

CONVENTS AND NUNNERIES. 

The Augustinian Friary of St. Jrfm is situated in John 
Street. Here a Prior and two Friars educate twenty -five 
boys and twenty girls. 

The Dominican Convent, or Denmark Street Chapel ', 



DESCRIPTION OF DUBLIN, 25 

has seven cjergy attached to it. The collections from the 
congregation provide the means of supporting twenty-five 
boys and educating sixty girls. 

The Franciscan Convent of Cork Street Chapel consists 
of eight Friars. 

The Capuchin Friary of Church Street Chapel has eight 
clergymen. Here forty boys are educated, and forty girls 
are clothed and educated. 

The Calced Carmelites, or Friary of St. Patrick, has 
six clergymen, and a good Chapel, situated in French 
Street. 

The Discalced Carmelites, in Clarendon Street, have a 
spacious Chapel, served by seven clergymen. Two hun- 
dred boys are here taught in the evening school. 

The Jesuits' Convent, or Hardwicke Street Chapel, was 
formerly a Nunnery, the ladies of which removed to Ha- 
rold's Cross. 

The Sisters of Charity are resident in Stanhope Street 
and William Street. 

The Poor Clares consists of seven nuns : their Nunnery 
is in King Street : they receive respectable female boarders. 

The Ladies of the Presentation, in North Anne Street 
Nunnery, educate 300 girls ; twenty of whom they clothe. 

The Poor Clares of Harold's Cross Nunnery have an 
excellent house and fine chapel. They clothe, educate, 
and support 100 girls. 

The Poor Clares of Warren Mount Nunnery educate 
200 girls, and support and clothe twenty of that number. 

The Nuns of St. Joseph, at Ranelagh, have a celebrated 
Nunnery, where some of the most respectable ladies of the 
kingdom are educated. This house supports a school for 
twenty orphans in Paradise Row ; and thirty boys and 
thirty girls are clothed, supported, and educated by them 
in another establishment. 
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26 DESCRIPTION OF DUBLIN. 

The Ladies of the Presentation have a Nunnery at 
Cabragh, three miles from Dublin, and one at Richmond, 
two miles from the city. 



LITERARY SOCIETIES, &c. 

The Dublin Society has already been described. See 
page 13. 

The Royal Irish Academy was incorporated in 1786, for 
the purpose of promoting the study of Polite Literature, 
Science, and Antiquities. It consists of a patron, visiter, 
president, four vice-presidents, two secretaries, a treasurer, 
and a council of twenty-one. The Society's house, which 
is in Grafton Street, contains a good library, and a large 
room where the members meet. The Society gives prizes 
for the best essays on given subjects, and publishes its 
transactions. 

The Farming Society was formed in 1800, and incor- 
porated in 1815, with a view to promote the improvement 
of agriculture and the growth of timber. It is managed 
by a president, vice-president, and twenty-one directors. 
The Society has a house and grounds at Summer Hill 
Dublin, and a depot at BaUinasloe. 

The Kirwanian Society was formed in 1812, for the 
promotion of Mineralogy, Chemistry, and Natural History. 

The Iberno-Celtic Society was formed in 1808, for the 
elucidation and preservation of Ancient Irish Literature. 

The Dublin Institution in Sackville Street was formed 



DESCRIPTION OF DUBLIN. 27 

in 1811. It contains a library, a lending library, news- 
rooms, &c. 

The Dublin Library Society in D'Olier Street possesses 
a handsome house, containing a large and valuable library, 
a news-room, and a lending library for the use of the sub- 
scribers, who amount to 1500. 

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL INSTITUTIONS. 

The College of Physicians was incorporated in 1692, 
and consists of fourteen fellows, one of whom is president. 
Its objects are nearly similar to those of the College of 
Physicians at London, and its meetings are held in Sir 
Patrick Dun's Hospital, where the College possesses a 
valuable library. 

The College of Surgeons was incorporated in 1784, and 
holds its sittings in a house built on purpose in St. Ste- 
phen's Green. This edifice was erected in 1806, and 
comprises a library, a lecture-room, a museum, and a com- 
mittee-room. 

The School of Physic consists of six professors, three of 
whom are under the direction of the University, and three 
under that of the College of Physicians. The latter lec- 
ture at Sir Patrick Dun's Hospital, and the former at 
Trinity College. 

Apothecaries' Hall, in Mary Street, was established in 

1791, for the sale of medicines, the delivery of lectures, 

and the examination of persons who wish to practise as 

Apothecaries. 

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26 DESCRIPTION OF DUBLIN. 

HOSPITALS^ &c. 

The Royal Hospital at Kilmainhamwas erected in 1683, 
from designs by Sir C. Wren, for the reception of invalid 
and superannuated soldiers. It is well adapted for the 
purpose, and generally contains about 300 men. In the 
hall, which is 100 feet long and 50 broad, are about twenty 
portraits and a collection of arms. The Chapel is a vene- 
rable building, 80 feet by 40 : the E. window is adorned 
with painted glass, and beneath it is the communion- 
table, of carved Irish oak. 

The Blue-Coat Hospital, in Blackail Street, was founded 
in 1670, for the maintenance and education of the sons of 
unfortunate freemen. The present hospital was erected 
in 1773, and is a noble edifice of Portland stone, consisting 
of a centre and wings extending 300 feet. It is capable of 
accommodating from 150 to 200 boys. 

The Lying-in Hospital, in Great Britain Street, was 
founded by Dr. Mosse, and was opened for the reception 
of patients in 1757- It is a handsome building, erected 
from designs by Mr. Cassels. The Chapel is much ad- 
mired. 

The Foundling Hospital, at the end of Thomas Street, 
for the reception of destitute orphans and deserted infants, 
was founded in 1704, and annually admits about 1900 
children. 

The House of Industry, in Brunswick Street, is an 
extensive range of building, generally containing about 
1700 persons, whom age or sickness have rendered inca- 
pable of earning subsistence. 



DESCRIPTION OF DUBLIN. 2 9 

St. Patrick's , or Swiff s Hospital for Idiots and Luna- 
tics, was founded in 1745 by Dean Swift, who bequeathed 
it £11,000. It will contain about 180 patients. 

The Mendicity House, in Copper Alley, was established 
in 1818, for the purpose of clearing the streets of Dublin 
of the numerous beggars with which they were infested ; 
an object which has been in a great measure accomplished. 

Amongst the other Charitable Institutions of Dublin 
are: — 

The County of Dublin, or Meath Hospital, at the back 
of Kevin Street. 

The Fever Hospital, or House of Recovery, in Cork 
Street. 

Sir Patrick Dun's Hospital, Grand Canal Street. 

The Hibernian Marine School, on Sir John Rogerson's 
Quay. 

The Dublin General Dispensary, in Fleet Street. 

The Charter School at Clontarf. 

The Hospital for Incurables, Donnybrook Road. 

Mercer's Hospital, in Stephen Street. 
- Magdalen Asylum, Leeson Street. 

The Bethesda Lock Penitentiary, Dorset Street. 

The Westmoreland Lock Hospital, Townsend Street. 

Simpson's Hospital, for the Blind, in Great Britain 
Street. 

Stephens's Hospital, in James Street. 

Nicholas' Hospital, in Francis Street. 

The Molyneauoo Asylum, in Peter Street, for Blind 
Females. 

The Infirmary, in Jervis Street. 

The Orphan House, in Prussin Street. 

The Female Orphan House, in the North ircular Road. 

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30 DESCRIPTION OF DUBLIN, 



PRISONS, HOUSES OF CORRECTION, &c. 

Newgate ', the principal prison in Dublin, is situated in 
Green Street, and occupies a space 170 feet by 130. It 
was built between 1773 and 1781, from designs by Mr; 
Cooley, and is fronted with granite. At the angles are 
round towers with loopholes. The interior is divided by 
a passage, having on each side walls with iron gates, 
through which visiters are allowed to speak to the pri- 
soners. 

Kilmainham, or the County Gaol, is situated near the 
Royal Hospital, and has a handsome Court-House conti- 
guous to it. 

The Sheriff's Prison, in Green Street, was erected in 
1794. It forms three sides of a square, surrounding a 
court-yard, and generally contains about a hundred debtors. 

The City Marshalsea, in Green Street, is a prison for 
persons arrested for debts under ten pounds. 

The Dublin Penitentiary, for the reformation of offen- 
ders of both sexes, is situated on the Circular Road, on the 
S. side of the City. It was built in 1813, and occupies 
about live acres, including the garden. The building is 
of stone, and is entered by a massive gate, flanked by walls 
and towers. The interior is divided into two courts, sur- 
rounded by buildings. 

The Richmond General Penitentiary, in Grange Gor- 
man Lane, was built in 1812, from designs by Mr. John- 
ston. The front, which is 700 feet in length, has a very 



DESCRIPTION OF DUBLIN, 31 



imposing appearance : it is built of black stone, and the 
centre is surmounted by a cupola. 

MANUFACTURES. 

These consist chiefly of Irish poplins, which are cele- 
brated for their excellence, tabinets, silks, cottons, wor- 
steds, and fustians. The shops of Dublin are elegant, and 
well furnished with books, broadcloths, fruit, &c, im- 
ported from England, and fine linens, damasks, stockings, 
&c., of home manufacture, 

HOTELS. 

These are spacious and respectable, but too numerous 
to allow us to insert a list of them in this work. The 
stranger will have no difficulty in finding good accommo- 
dation. 



AN 



ITINERARY OF IRELAND. 





Miles. 


Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


2 


Dundalk . 


. 401 




31 


Jonesborough 


. 45| 




. 7 


Newry 


. 501 




9 


Sheep Bridge 


. 53J 




12| 


Loughbrickland 


. . 581 




14! 


Banbridge . 


. 601 




20| 


Donaghcloney . 


. 65 




23J 


Magheralin , 


. . 67| 




30| 


Moira 


. 69£ 




34J 


Glanevy 


. 76 




37i 


Antrim 


. 83 



No. 1. From Dublin to ANTRIM. First Road. 
Through Drogheda, Banbridge and Moira. 

Dublin Castle to 
Drumcondra . 
San try 
Swords 
Tuirey . 
Man-of-War . 
Balruddery 
Julianstown Bridge 
Drogheda 
Dunleer . 
Castle Bellingham 
Lurgan Green . 

DRUMCONDRA is a village which possesses many 
objects of attraction to the inhabitants of Dublin, as one 
of the most agreeable walks from town ; the entire road 
being thickly studded by villas and gardens. The Bridge 
is a light and elegant structure thrown across the rural 
stream from Glassnevin, which, passing through Drum- 
condra and Ballybonght, flows into the Bay of Dublin. 
Drumcondra Spa is neatly fitted up in the grounds of Mr. 
Duval, and a small sum is paid for admission to it. The 
woods behind this gentleman's [house furnish a pleasing 
boundary to the perspective from the Dublin road. On 
the rivulet at the bridge foot are some flour mills, and 
adjoining is Belvidere^ a fine square mansion, with a park 
enclosed by a high wall. The Church of Drumcondra 
contains a monument by Sheemackers to the memory of 
Mr. Coghill, Chancellor of the Exchequer in the last 



DUBLIN TO ANTRIM. 33 

century. Here also in the churchyard is the tomb of 
Grose the Antiquarian, so well known by his elegant and 
laborious illustrations of this Kingdom. Pop. 501. 

SAN TRY is a small village of Dublin with a Charter 
School. Santry House is spacious, and its park extensive. 
Beyond this pleasant spot is seen the church of Cloghran, 
situated on a height of lime rock, which commands a 
superb prospect of both sea and land. Pop. 247. 

SWORDS is a post town of Dublin, much celebrated 
for its antiquities. Before the Union it was a borough. 
The black walls of its once-stately castle are seen above 
the small houses of the long street ; a square Tower and 
various portions of ruin still remain. Here also are 
vestiges of the Monastery founded by St. Columb in 512, 
as well as a Nunnery, an old Church, and a celebrated 
Round Tower 73 feet in height and 55 in girth : it is 
isolated from the walls of the Church, and is of a ruder 
construction than many of the other Irish Round Towers. 
The horse and cattle-fair is annually well attended by the 
holiday makers of Dublin, and bull-fights frequently take 
place here. A handsome Gothic church was erected in 
1 81 7. Here also are a Roman Catholic Chapel, a School 
House, a Dispensary, and a large Barrack. Pop* 1727* 
Fairs, March 17, May 9. 

Two miles from Swords is Feltrim, a village at the foot 
of a hill which commands a fine prospect. Feltrim Castle 
afforded an asylum to James II. after the Battle of the 
Boyne, and the room in which he passed one night is still 
preserved. 

TURVEY is a small village of Dublin. Near it is 
Turvey Park, with a large mansion, the seat of Lord 
Trimleston, surrounded by fine woods and shrubberies. 
At some distance are the ruins of Grace Dieu Nunnery. 

MAN OF WAR is a hamlet with a spacious Inn, 
forming a first stage from town, and well known for its 
excellent accommodation. 

BALRUDDERY is a straggling village of Dublin, 
a mile from the sea. It gives name to a Barony. The 
church is a neat building. In the vicinity are Prospect 
Hall and Hampton Hall, two fine seats. Three miles 



34 DUBLIN TO ANTRIM. 

and a half beyond this place is Gorrnanstoivn, an ancient 
mansion with cultivated grounds. 

DROG-HEDA is situated on the Boyne in Louth, but 
its liberties South of the River are in Eastmeath. This 
town is a county in itself, and sends a member to the 
Imperial Parliament : it is governed by a mayor and 
sheriffs, Drogheda is historically celebrated ; it gallantly 
resisted all the efforts of the Irish under Sir Phelim 
O'Neil in 1641; and soon afterwards it was stormed by 
Cromwell, who put its defenders to the sword. In the 
valley of the Boyne at Old Bridge, two miles from the 
town, and on an eminence, is the obelisk which comme- 
morates King William's decisive victory on July 1st, 1690. 
The houses of Drogheda are large and handsome, and are 
built of brick ; and the public edifices are respectable. 
The Tholsel, in the main street, is a handsome building-, 
with a tower covered in by a small dome- The traveller 
may also notice the Linen Hall, the Corn Market de- 
signed by Mr. Johnston, the Gaol erected in 1818, the 
Catholic Chapel on the site of the Old Gaol, the County 
Hospital in Great George Street, the Theatre in William 
Street, the Reading Rooms on the Quay, and the Mendi- 
city Establishment in William Street. There are also 
several Meeting Houses and Charitable Institutions. 

The family of Moore (Marquis of Drogheda) has long 
been distinguished, Lord Moore of Drogheda having 
defended the Town in 1641. The present prosperity and 
trade of the place rank it amongst the chief towns of the 
kingdom. St. Peter's Church and Spire of hewn stone, 
erected from designs by Mr. Johnston ; St. Mary's 
Church, completed in 1810 ; the Barracks, and the 
ancient steeples of the Abbies, transpierced by wide 
arches in the direction of the cardinal points, are worthy 
of notice ; the latter suffered by the shot from Cromwell's 
batteries. Drogheda is seated in a valley with a steep 
range of hills to the North, up which the road ascends 
just beyond the town : the various steeples appear above 
the low houses of the suburb, which extends nearly half 
a mile from the principal streets ; a fine coup d'ceil of the 
town is obtained from the hills. The sea and bay are 



DUBLIN TO ANTRIM. 35 

above four miles East of the town, yet as the Boyne is 
navigable to the bridge, the port of Drogheda is favourable 
for a considerable commerce and coasting trade. The 
salmon fishery is excellent. 

The following are the Antiquities of tbe town and its 
vicinity: tbe fine ruin of St. Mary's Church, close to 
which once stood a Castle south of the Boyne ; an 
Augustine Abbey ; a Priory of St. Laurence, near the 
Gate of the same name ; a Dominican Friary, founded in 
] 224 on the North side of the Boyne, in which Richard II. 
received the personal homage and fealty of several Irish 
princes ; St. Mary's Hospital at the West Gate ; and 
other monastic Houses, Crosses, &c. Bevrac Mount, 
artificially raised, it is supposed as a barrow, is near the 
old chapel of St. Mary. 

Torfeckan Castle, which was inhabited by the learned 
Usher and the Archbishops of Armagh, is now a ruin, 
and is above 3 miles from Drogheda. The village of 
Torfeckan, which is near the coast, is inhabited by fisher- 
men. Mellifont, a Cistertian Abbey, is 5 miles to the 
West of Drogheda ; it was founded by O' Carrol in the 
12th century, and afterwards granted by Hen. VIII. to 
the Moores, by whom it was repaired for a mansion ; 
the baptistery and some other interesting vestiges of it 
are still to be seen. To the left of the great North road, 
in a valley 3 miles from Drogheda, the traveller cannot 
fail to observe the great Round Tower at Monasterboice, 
dilapidated near the top, 110 feet high and 51 in circum- 
ference ; at its foot are two sculptured crosses, of which 
St. Boyne's Cross is 18 feet in height. Two ancient 
chapels are all that remain of Monasterboice Abbey. At 
Grange near Drogheda is a famous excavated cavern of 
large dimensions, said by Valancey to be a heathen Tem- 
ple, being an antrum dedicated to superstitious rites ; its 
vault is rudely covered in : some Roman coins were dis- 
covered in this cave. 

Pop. 20,200. The principal Inns are commodious and 
well furnished ; they are kept by Derepas and Hoey. 
Fairs, May 12, June 22, Aug. 26, Oct. 29. 

DUNLEER is a large village of Louth. This countv, 
which is entered at Drogheda, is the smallest of the 



36 DUBLIN TO ANTRIM, 

kingdom, but is amongst the best cultivated, and is fertile; 
it is bordered by precipitous broken bills to the North, 
and is embellished by a considerable growth of ash trees, 
which in many parts surround the villages or border the 
roads : it appears fortunate that this tree is so much 
favored by the Irish, as its pendent and elegant branches 
are pleasing to the sight, and its wood is of constant 
utility to agriculturists. Dunleer has a large Church ; 
it is a more sequestered place, and exhibits less of com- 
mercial spirit and activity than might be expected in such 
a thoroughfare. Towards the sea we find a Rath, not far 
from this village. Dunleer has good inns. Pop. 895. 

Seats: Barmeath, the demesne of the Bellew family; 
Mokeby Hall, one mile distant, built from designs by Mr. 
Johnston, and formerly the mansion of Dr. Robinson, 
Archbishop of Armagh. 

CASTLE BELLINGHAM is a beautiful post town of 
Louth, on the banks of the Lagan, which at a short 
distance to the East falls into an open shallow Bay of the 
Irish Channel. Here is a respectable Inn, and the village 
furnishes excellent ale. The Dispensary was established 
in 1819. At the bend of the road, in the centre of Castle 
Bellingham, is a large elm tree, In the vicinity is Green,- 
mount, on the summit of which is an earthen fort or 
encampment commanding a fine prospect. In the middle 
is a large barrow or tumulus. The stone Church in 
Castle Bellingham is an old edifice, to which a new aisle 
has been added ; there is also a R. C. Chapel at a short 
distance from the town. Pop. 930. Fairs: Easter 
Tuesday, and Oct. 10. Distant one mile from this, is the 
sea-bathing village of Annagassan. 

LURGAN-GREEN is a pleasant village on the Eastern 
coast of Louth, near the mouth of the little River Fane. 
Here are extensive flour mills. Clermont House is one 
mile farther, and beyond it is the old Church of Haines- 
town. The whole of the flat shore South of Dundalk is 
covered by flights of various water-fowl. The stupendous 
barrier of the Carlingford Hills skirts the opposite coast of 
this great Bay, and has a direction from West to East. 

DUNDALK is an ancient and populous assize, borough, 
market and post town of Louth, on, the S. side of the 



DUBLIN TO ANTRIM. 37 

Castletown River, and near the Bay to which it gives 
name. It was the bulwark of what was termed the 
" English Pale," and was surrounded on all sides by- 
strong Castles and castellated mansions of the English 
Barons. It has a commodious harbour and a good road- 
stead, and its trade and manufactures are flourishing. 
The town and public buildings have been erected in a 
good style ; the streets are regular and of great length. 
In the market-place, which is spacious, is the Sessions' 
House, an edifice of truly classical architecture, completed 
in 1822. It is built after the model of the Temple of 
Theseus at Athens : the broad Doric columns in the 
grand open portico are fluted, and, being in a double row, 
give a depth and stateliness to this edifice which is sur- 
passed by few other Court-Houses. Here are the remains 
of two ancient friaries, at one of which, called the Grey 
Friars, is a large tower. The Barracks, Gaol, and a 
handsome Charter School, endowed by the Hamilton 
family, are good buildings. 

At some distance from Dundalk, but within sight of 
the town, are the Castle and Rath of Castletown^ near 
which are the venerable wails of a Church, clad with ivy. 
From the hill on which Castletown stands is seen the seat 
of the Earls of Clanbrassil in Dundalk, descended by 
intermarriage to the Earl of Roden, together with a 
finely -planted demesne, and a large estate. In this old 
mansion are preserved some fine portraits of Hen. VIII., 
Anne Boleyn, and the Hamiltons. A handsome bridge 
was built across the River in 1822, a few yards farther 
from the head of the Bay than the ancient one, which 
was narrow and in a dangerous condition. Dundalk 
market is plentifully supplied, and is a lively scene of 
speculation and bustle. The approach to this town by the 
Dublin road is extremely beautiful : we pass along the 
side of a noble park on the left hand, and on the right a 
newly-built brick chimney of great altitude catches our 
attention ; it belongs to a distillery of whiskey, a com- 
modity which possesses a peculiar charm for the strong 
and ruddy -faced mountaineers, who pour into this town 
on market day (Monday) in great multitudes. Races are 
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38 DUBLIN TO ANTRIM. 

held annually. Pop. 9256. Inns: the King's Arms; the 
Coach and Horses. 

JONESBOROUGH, in Armagh. The Road from 
Dundalk, after passing round the head of the Bay, begins 
to ascend the mountains. To the right is Bellurgan Hill, 
an abrupt isolated precipice at the foot of the Carlingford 
Range: it is situated upon the sea-shore, and its round 
rocky top overshadows Ravensdale, in which is situated 
Ravensdale Park, and near it the beautiful villa of Baron 
M'Clelland. Ascending the pass, which, in consequence 
of numerous accidents to coaches, has been rendered more 
practicable by a new line of road, we have to the right the 
woods of Piedmont, Lord Clermont's, which in un- 
bounded diversity skirt the brink of the romantic Jones- 
borough Rivulet, and cover the side of a stupendous 
mountain, the top of which contrasts by its red heath 
with the sylvan scene beneath : avenues through these 
delightful groves conduct directly up the hill. The crags 
and desolate tops of the hills to the left of our route are 
to be seen above the shells of numerous houses burned 
by the insurgents in 17$8, and which the noble proprietor 
does not permit to be repaired. J onesborough is a fine 
sporting station ; it has a convenient inn, and its Church 
closes the prospect of the most romantic mountains, which 
surround a wide elevated plain, consisting principally of a 
deep red moss, on the road to Newry. Of these moun- 
tains some are newly planted ; and Slieve Gallen, having 
a small lake on its dark summit, frowns majestically above 
the dreary waste. Pop. 139. 

NEWRY is a populous manufacturing town and port 
of Down, having two handsome bridges over the Newry- 
water. The mail passes over a draw -bridge on the canal, 
which is navigable for small sloops from Carlingford Bay 
to Lough Neagh. 

Newry is situated in a circuitous valley, and the en- 
trance to it from the Dublin road is formed by a long and 
steep descent. The prospect along the vale towards the 
Bay of Carlingford is sublime, presenting a full view of 
superb hills, and of a navigation winding around their 
base, with every feature which spirited commerce can 
superadd to the romantic outline of this wild scenery. 



DUBLIN TO ANTRIM. 39 

The quay, and vessels floating alongside of it, form an 
interesting sight within the town itself; some of the 
streets are narrow and ill built, but the style of the new 
buildings is greatly superior to the old town. The New 
Church with its elegant Gothic spire cannot fail to excite 
admiration. The commerce and manufactures of Newry 
and its surrounding district enable the highly-respectable 
inhabitants and merchants to improve their town> in a 
degree and with a rapidity that was little to be expected. 
The old Church, repaired in the time of Charles II., is 
conspicuous on the ridge of a hill which closes the North 
limits of the town. The Abbey of Newry was founded 
by Mac Laughlin, an Irish monarch in the 12th Century, 
and was endowed by Hugh de Lacy. In right of the 
abbacy certain civil and ecclesiastical privileges are still 
enjoyed by the lay impropriator. The abbey stood on this 
hill, and was burned in the civil war. Newry has a 
Court House, a Sessions' House, and Gaol, an Exchange 
with a news-room and ball-room, a Custom House, a 
Theatre, a Market House, a R. C. Chapel, several 
Schools and Meeting Houses. In the burial ground of 
the Presbyterian Meeting House is a handsome monu- 
ment in memory of Dr. Malcolm. 

The retreating forces of James II. set fire to this town. 
It is now, however, the most flourishing place in the 
county of Down, which our road here first enters, and 
which throughout exhibits a diversity of hill and dale, 
from the smooth green knoll to the craggy tops of gigan- 
tic hills, whilst the perpetual recurrence of fresh or salt 
water Loughs, and beautiful Bays of the sea, aids power- 
fully the picturesque display of a county, which is also 
the favourite seat of enterprize and civilization. East of 
Newry there is a Rath distant one mile. Newry returns 
a member to the United Parliament. 

Pop. in Down, 7470; in Armagh 2543. Fairs: May 1, 
Nov. 1. Inns: Hillan's Hotel ; King's Arms; Treanor's 
Hotel; the Crown; the Shakspeare; and the White 
Cross. 

LOUGHBRICKLAND, in the county of Down, is a 
straggling but pleasant village, the name of which is said 
by Smith, in his account of Down, to mean the Lake of 

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40 DUBLIN TO ANTRIM. 

Speckled Trout. The lake itself is close to the village, 
and its bleak shore is unprotected by any wood ; the 
winds sweeping down from the naked hill above it often 
agitate the surface ; at a distance from the road which 
winds along its shore, there is a cluster of trees which 
grow upon a diminutive islet emerging from the Lough. 
The Protestants were here devoted to a horrible catas- 
trophe in the great rebellion, having been driven upon the 
ice by their enemies, and when it broke sunk to the 
bottom, no escape to the shore being possible. The Lough 
is deep, and has a variety of fine fish. Near it are some 
vestiges of intrenchments. The Church is small. Inn : 
the Rising Sun. 

BANBRIDGE is a considerable post town of Down, 
on the river Bann. It is seated on a steep hill descending 
to the North, with a good bridge at the extremity of its 
wide street. Here the principal north roads divide, 
that by Lurgan branching off on the left. On the top of 
the hill is the Market House, standing in the middle of 
the road, and there is an excellent Inn at the entrance 
from the South, with several good public-houses in the 
centre of the town. It is a place of much traffic, and a 
great thoroughfare. The Bann side presents some very 
beautiful scenery ; a large quantity of yarn and fine webs 
is bought up throughout the adjacent country, and the 
loom is plied by most of the cottagers, who are industrious, 
and reap great advantages by the linen manufacture. The 
Church is a mile distant, but there is a R. C. Chapel as 
well as a Meeting House in the town. 

Pop, 1715. Fairs: Jan. 12, for horses, March 16, June 
9, Aug. 26, Nov. 15. Inn : the Downshire Arms. 

DONAGHCLONEY is a village in the county of 
Armagh. 

MAGHERALIN is a pretty village of Armagh, with 
a good Parish Church and Glebe House. It is near the 
River Lagan, and at a short distance from it is Grace 
Hall, a pleasant residence. The Bishops of Dromore 
formerly inhabited a mansion at this place. 

MOIRA, in the county of Down. This town was the 
property of the Rawdon family, and hence the Marquess 
of Hastings took the title of Earl. The main street is 



DUBLIN TO ANTRIM, 41 

wide and well built, and there is a good Market House. 
The Church, which is of hewn stone, is seated on a hill,, 
and is approached by an avenue of elms. The Castle, 
built here by the Rawdons, was a stately residence ; it is 
now taken clown, but the park is still an agreeable walk. 
Moira has an Endowed School, a good Parsonage, and 
two Meeting Houses. A mile from it is a large Roman 
Catholic Chapel. Sir R. Bateson, Bart., is the proprietor 
of Moira. 

ANTRIM is a fair and post town, called the capital of 
the rich and flourishing county of this name; but although 
sessions are held here, the Assizes for the county are at 
Carrickfergus. It gives the title of Earl to the McDon- 
nells. This was an Irish Borough, but does not now 
return any member. The town is rapidly improving, for 
which it is partly indebted to the Linen trade ; the very 
beautiful adjacent district being filled with bleach-fields 
and beetling-mills. The land in the vicinity is fertile, 
bearing luxuriant crops of wheat, barley, oats, flax, and 
potatoes. The Six-Mile Water joins Lough Neagh near 
Antrim. The Market House has been substantially re- 
paired; an elegant Gothic Church, with a steeple and 
spire, has been lately built, and within these five years 
steeples or towers have been added to such churches of 
this county as were deficient in those ornaments. A 
well-built Catholic Chapel, with an image of the Virgin 
over the entrance, faces the park of Colonel Foster Skef- 
fington. His lodge, within the town, is a small embattled 
gateway, conspicuous at the head of the street entering 
from Randalstown. There are also several Meeting 
Houses. Antrim Castle stands amidst the plantations of 
the park, which occupies the banks of Lough Neagh. 
Beneath the shelter of the fine timber of this park are 
innumerable pheasants. Earl O'Neill was slain in 1793, 
in an action in the town, being surrounded by a body of 
insurgents. 

The Antrim Round Tower is at Steeple, where is a 
neat villa. This perfect Tower is surmounted with a 
cone, and is kept in repair ; its white side renders it con- 
spicuous, but detracts from the gloomy antiquity of the 
more dilapidated towers of this kind ; it is 80 feet in 

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42 DUBLIN TO ANTRIM. 

neight. The slated roofs in this county are often, in like 
manner, white, with a thin coat of mortar, designed to 
strengthen the otherwise beautiful slates, against the 
heavy rains of this climate ; but a white roof invariably 
destroys the beauty of a landscape, or the appearance of a 
mansion or villager 

I Pop. 2485. Fairs: Jan. 1, May 12, Nov. 12. Inns: 
the Antrim Arms ; the King's Arms. 



No. 2. From Dublin to ANTRIM. Second Road. 
Through Drogheda, Banbridge, and Lurgan. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Banbridge,* as at No. 1. . 60J Ballinderry . . . 74| 

Hall's MiU « . . 63J Crumlin . . . . 79| 

Waringstown . . . 66f Antrim . . . . 84§ 

Lurgan . . . • 68| 

WARINGSTOWN is a pleasant town in Down. The 
roof of the Church is of Irish oak. In the vicinity is a 
Danish Rath, and the mansion of the Waring family. 

LURGAN, in the county of Armagh, is a pleasant 
town, situated at a short distance from the S. E point of 
Lough Neagh, of which it commands a fine view. The 
principal street is wide, and the Church has a fine spire. 
There are also several Meeting Houses, a Court House, 
and a School. The linen manufacture flourishes here. 
Near Lurgan is the castellated mansion of Mr. Brownlow, 
surrounded by beautiful grounds. Pop. 3000. 

BALLINDERRY is a village of Antrim. Half a 
mile from it is Portmore Castle, an ancient ruin on the 
side of Lough Neagh, which, with the fine Park sur- 
rounding it, belongs to the Marquess of Hertford. Pop. 
430. 

CRUMLIN is a village of Antrim. Here is a large 
windmill, which being painted white, is seen conspicu- 
ously from the Cairnanie mountain. Beyond Crumlin, 
on the lake, the Round Tower of Ram Island forms a 
pretty object ; the distant shore towards Stewartstown 
can be traced in a clear atmosphere ; the Bay of Lurgan 
is to the left, and Slieve Gallion is seen near Lough Beg, 
or the lesser Lake. 



DUBLIN TO AUDFERT. 



43 



tiles. 


Dublin Castle to j 


Miles. 


71 


Silvermines 


. 77 


13£ 


Shallee Turnpike 


. 78| 


15| 


Newport . 


. 86 


20| 


Limerick . 


. 94 


24| 


Adair, or Adare 


. 102 


30 


Rathkeale 


. 108 


34| 


Newcastle . 


• 114| 


40 


Coolnakenny 


. 118£ 


461 


Abbeyfeale 


. 123£ 


481 


Listowell , 


. . 131| 


53* 


Crotto 


. 138£ 


59i 


Abbey Odorney . 


. ' . . 140| 


69£ 


Ardfert ♦ 


. 144J 



No. 3. From DUBLIN to ARDFERT. First Road. 
Through Kildare, Maryborough, Limerick, 
and Newcastle. 

Dublin Castle t» 
Rathcoole . 
Johnstown . 
Naas . 
Newbridge 
Kildare 
Monastereven 
Erao Inn . 
Maryborough 
Montrath . 
Castletown 
Burros in Ossory 
Roscrea 
Toomavara 

RATHCOOLE, in Dublin. The Cork mail-coach 
Road passes through Kilmainham, and at two miles from 
the Capital, by a handsome bridge, across the Grand 
Canal. Leaving Clondalkin half a mile on the right, 
with its celebrated Round Tower, 84 feet high, reach the 
village of Rathcoole. It has a Charter-school for Female 
Orphans : ttvp miles beyond it enter Kildare County. 

Seats: AHigoe ; Castle -War den. 

JOHNSTOWN, in Kildare, is seated on the River 
Moral. 

Seats : two miles before arrival at Johnstown pass 
Bishop's Court, the elegant mansion of Lord Ponsonby ; 
on a hill to the right is seen Oughterard Church and 
Tower. Palmerstown, the ancient family mansion of the 
Earl of Mayo. 

NAAS, a borough, market, and post town, in Kil- 
dare, was once fortified with several strong castles, and is 
seated on a height. Assemblies of the states were long 
holden at Naas, antecedent to the ninth century; its 
name signifies the place of the Elders. Naas was the 
residence of the Kings of Leinster. In all the civil wars 
this town was an object of severe contest ; it was a scene 
of action in 1798, when 1000 insurgents were repulsed in 



44 DUBLIN TO ARDFERT. 

the street, with considerable loss. At the foot of the 
Rath at Naas was a Cell for Augustine Eremites, or 
Friars, whose house here was founded in 1484 : there is 
also an artificial moat raised at the opposite end of the 
town. The Dominican monastery is a ruin in the centre 
of the town ; it was founded by the family of Sir Edward 
Eustace, Lord Chancellor. The traveller should notice 
the Parsonage, built on the site of a castle ; the Barracks ; 
the Court House ; the Market House, and the County 
Gaol. The Grand Canal passes within two miles, and 
there is a cut from it to the town. Here are some Flour 
Mills, and the Corn market is conducted in an extensive 
manner. 

Pop. 3073. Fairs: Feb. 17, Mar. 17, May 8 and 19, 
Oct. 20, Nov. 22. Inn : the King's Arms. 

Seats : the Duke of Leinster has a ruined Castle. 
Within half a mile, South of Naas, is Jigginstown House , 
built by the Earl of Strafford, who was beheaded in the 
reign of Charles I. ; this palace fell into decay upon his 
attainder. Cradoekstown, one mile distant. 

NEWBRIDGE, in Kildare. This village receives its 
name from the bridge across the River Liffey. See on 
the left-hand Great Connell Abbey ; twenty years after 
this magnificent Abbey was built, its founder, Meyler 
Fitz-Henry, natural son of Henry I., was interred in the 
chapter -house, with this inscription : 

Conduntur tunrulo Meyieri nobilis ossa, 
Indomitus domitor totius gentis Hibernise. 

At Old Connell there is a handsome Rath. 

KILDARE is the County Town of Kildare. The ap- 
proach to this town, so much celebrated in history, is across 
the Curragh, which is the most beautiful Race-Course in 
the kingdom. The King's plate is run for here in April, in 
June and September. His Majesty George IV. visited 
this spot in 1821. The Curragh of Kildare comprises 
3000 acres of verdant lawn, and presents the remains of 
several barrows or raths, supposed to be Druidical. This 
ancient town long gave title to the Fitzgeralds ; in 1766 
the Earl of Kildare was created Duke of Leinster. Chille- 
dair, the Wood of Oaks, was a gloomy forest of great ex- 
tent : the arm of the Danish invaders severely depressed 



DUBLIN TO ARDFERT. 45 

the rising town. Here may be seen the ruins of many 
flourishing Abbeys. The Nunnery was founded by St* 
Bridget about A.D. 500 ; and within its walls she esta- 
blished a perpetual sacred fire, which was first extinguished- 
by Henry de Londres, Archbishop of Dublin, in 1220 ; 
and, having been relighted, was continued till the dissolu- 
tion in the sixteenth century. The place where 1 this relic 
of superstition was exhibited is now called the Fire House. 
Several famous princes of Ireland abdicated and became 
Abbots of Kildare. The Grey Friars and the White 
Friars were founded, the first in 1260, and the latter in 
1290, by William Lord de Vesci, Earl of Kildare. At 
Tully, near Kildare, are the ruins of an ancient abbey* 
The house of the Knights Hospitallers of Tully was made 
a grant of to Sir Henry Harrington : this commandery is 
held in commendam of the Bishop of Kildare. 

The beautiful and perfect Round Tower in the church- 
yard of Kildare is 130 feet in height : at the distance of 
fourteen feet from the foundation is the door ; which, being' 
placed so high, is approached by steps on the outside. The 
basement beneath the door is a white granite stone, and 
the upper part of the tower is dark and surmounted by a 
battlement. A part of the Castle is in tolerable repair; 
but the Cathedral is classed amongst the ruins. The 
Deanery of Christ Church forms the most valuable portion 
of the present diocese. The town suffered much during 
the last rebellion ; in former times its ramparts were suf- 
ficient to protect it from a minor force. It possesses some 
public buildings ; amongst which are the County Hospital, 
the Turf Club House, and the Market House, contiguous 
to which is a well. 

In the vicinity is the Hill of Allen, a cave of which is 
said to be the place of sepulture of Oscar and other Ossi- 
anic chiefs, this being formerly the Hill of Temora : this 
hill contains rich veins of copper, and gives name to the 
great Bog of Allen. Above a mile beyond Kildare is the 
ruin called Lackagh Castle. 

Seats: Moore Town; Mount Rice, 

Pop. 1516. Fairs: Feb. 12, May 12, June 29, Sept. 
19. Inn : the Kildare Hotel. 

MONASTEREVEN is a market and post town in 



46 DUBLIN TO ARDFERT. 

the county of Kildare, pleasantly situated on the Barrow, 
over which is a bridge of five arches. A south branch of 
the Grand Canal, in its course towards A thy, passes by 
this town. It has a modern Church, a R. C. Chapel, a 
Market House, a Dispensary, and a seminary for the 
Charter schools of Leinster. The Abbey, in which St. 
Evan, in 620, placed monks out of Munster, was formerly 
very magnificent. It was granted to Lord Audley ; and 
now belongs to the Marquess of Drogheda, whose man- 
sion of Moore Abbey is on the Barrow River : the park 
is beautifully laid out, and. contains a fine lake skirted by 
a mountain. Three miles beyond this town is the ruin 
of Ballybriitas Castle. 

Pop. 1875. Fairs: Mar. 17, June 16, July 31, and 
Dec. 6. Inn : the Drogheda Arms. 

EMO INN, in Queen's Co. Seats: Dawson's Court, 
Earl of Portarlington : this mansion is surrounded by a 
beautifully wooded park, which contains some fine ave- 
nues. The groves skirt the border of a charming lake, 
the resort of a surprising assemblage of aquatic fowl. 
Beyond Emo are Ratheen Castle and Common, and on the 
right Shean Castle, on a steep mountain : this old castle 
was an appurtenance of Dunamase, and was repaired and 
embellished by Dean Coote. Above two miles from Emo, 
to the left of the high road, is the ancient ruin of Duna- 
mase or Dun Mace Castle, upon a precipitous rock, once 
the fortified residence of Earl Strongbow: it was last 
dismantled by Cromwell. 

MARYBOROUGH, the capital of Queen's Co., is a 
market and post town near the River Barrow. The 
county and county-town alike receive name from Mary I. 
The Castle of Maryborough, destroyed by Cromwell, 
although a ruin, has its constable. This town is governed 
by a burgomaster, and has a barrack : its situation is in a 
charming and highly embellished country. Here are a 
neat stone Church, a handsome R. C. Chapel, a commo- 
dious Gaol, School Houses, and an Infirmary. There is 
also a small manufactory of cottons. 

Pop. 2677. Fairs : Jan. 1, Feb. 24, March 25, May 12, 
July 5, Sept. 4, Oct. 23, Dec. 4. 

Seats : Rathleague, a fine seat of Sir H. Parnell, Bart. s 



DUBLIN TO ARDFERT. 47 

is lialf a mile beyond the town. Bally fin House, Lord 
Maryborough's, is a magnificent residence : the most 
distinguished objects of the park are the wide expanding 
lake, and the large forest timber which shades its banks. 

MONTKATH, a market and post town in Queen's 
County, situated on the River Nore. In this small town, 
a woollen manufacture, a cotton factory, and several forges 
are established. Near the town is a seat of the Earl of 
Montrath. The modern Church has a handsome spire 
and clock. Here also are a Roman Catholic Chapel, a 
Quakers' Meeting House, Methodist Chapels, a modern 
School House on the Lancasterian system, and a Free 
School for Roman Catholics. The Market House is a 
good structure ; and a handsome street, named Coote 
Street, is added to the old town. 

Pop. 3594. Fairs: Feb. 17, Easter Monday, 2nd Thurs- 
day in Mav, 2nd Thursday in August, Sept. 29, Nov. 10. 

CASTLETOWN is a village of Queen's Co., upon the 
River Nore. It has the ruins of a Castle which once be- 
longed to Sir Oliver Mac Morres, noted for his gigantic 
stature and surprising strength. 

BURROS IN OSSORY, in Queen's Co., is a pretty 
town, with a good inn. Three miles from Burros are the 
ruins of Ballaghmore Castle. 

ROSCREA is a flourishing town in Tipperary. The 
old Church is a fine structure, the doors and mouldings 
of which are Saxon : near it is a large cross called St. 
Cronan's Shrine, as well as a Round Tower 80 feet high, 
having a pointed window. The Castle is used as a bar- 
rack. There are many antiquities in or near Roscrea, it 
having in early times been a bishop's see : its two monas- 
teries were formerly well endowed. Roscrea has also 
a Church, erected in 1812, a R. C. Chapel, fleeting 
Houses, a Market House, a Bridewell, and a Free 
School. 

In Monela Bog, a branch of the Bog of Allen, three 
miles from Roscrea, are the ruins of a Culdean Abbey 
founded by St. Columba, which still displays a grand Saxon 
arch richly carved. A church and chapel at this place 
stood on two islands. This bog, in early ages, was a lake. 
In Ledwich's Antiquities there is an account of the Cul- 



4S DUBLIN TO ARDFERT, 

dees of this Abbey of Monaincha, a sect which opposed the 
'Romish tenets. It was granted by Elizabeth to Sir Lucas 
Dillon. Some fine ash trees are growing upon its dilapi- 
dated walls. 

Pop. 5239. Fairs : Mar. 25, May 7, June 21, Aug. 8, 
Oct. 9, and Nov. 29. Inn : the White Hart. 

Dunkerrin is a village in King's Co., four and a half 
miles beyond Roscrea. It has a Charter School, and a 
capacious Church built in 1818. Upon the road from 
Roscrea, the ruins of Rahanvegue Castle are seen about 
a mile from Dunkerrin. 

Money gall , in King's Co., is a village seven miles be- 
yond Roscrea. 

TOOMAVARA, in Tipperary, In this small town 
are the ruins of a preceptory of the Knights Templars. 
Knockane Castle is at a short distance ; and beneath a 
lofty hill is the ruin of Blane Castle. 

SILVERMINES, in Tipperary. The lead-mines of 
this place have proved very valuable and productive. 
Near it are the ruins of Dunalty Castle. One mile and 
three quarters beyond Silvermines is Shallee turnpike. 

NEWPORT, in Tipperary, is a pleasant village upon 
a stream which falls into the Shannon. The Church has 
a square tower ; and here is a Charter School. To the 
left of the village is Derryleagh Castle , in ruins. Three 
miles from this is Castle Connell Spa ; the waters are said 
to resemble those of Spa. The village of Castle Connell 
is on the bank of the Shannon, and possesses the ruin of 
a Castle : this famous fortress, situated upon a high and 
steep rock, was built by Connel the chieftain. It was 
blown up in the campaign of 1690. Four miles from 
Newport is Ballingown, the seat of the Earl of Clare. 

Annacotty, in Limerick, is a village on the road, within 
three miles of the city. To the right, on an island of the 
River Shannon, is Castle Troy, about a mile from Anna- 
cotty. There is an old castle near Millford, on the river 
side ; and to the left of the high-road is Newcastle^ in 
which William III. had his head-quarters. 

LIMERICK, which is reckoned the third city of Ireland, 
and gives name to one of the most extensive counties, is ad- 
yantageously situated on the banks of the Shannon. It 



DUBLIN TO ARDFERT. 49 

has its Mayor, Aldermen, Sheriffs, and Recorder ; and 
the Garrison is commanded by a Governor and a Town 
Major. It is a borough, returning a member to Parlia- 
ment, and is a Bishop's see, united with Iniscarthy in the 
12th century and with Aghadoe and Ardfert in 1663. 
The town is styled a county in itself, and consists of three 
parts : the English Town, built on King's Island in the 
Shannon ; the Irish Town ; and Newtown Perry, so 
named from the late Lord Perry, through whose exertions 
it was erected. The streets in this quarter are regular 
and handsome ; but those in the old town are narrow and 
gloomy. The Bridge communicating with King's Island 
consists of three wide arches. 

The general style of the buildings is neat, and some of 
the public edifices are handsome : amongst them are the 
Exchange, erected in 1777 ; the Commercial Buildings in 
Rutland Street ; the new Court House ; the Custom 
House ; the Linen Hall ; the County Gaol, built in 1822, 
and said to be the most complete prison in Ireland ; the 
County Infirmary, opposite to it ; the House of Industry; 
the Lunatic Asylum, and the Barracks. 

The Cathedral, dedicated to St. Mary, is of Gothic 
architecture, but presents nothing very remarkable : it 
contains the tomb of the Thomonds, and part of a monu- 
ment in honour of the Galway family : the Tower com- 
mands a fine view. The first episcopal church here was 
founded by St. Munchin in the 6th century, and was 
destroyed by the Danes. There are several parish Churches, 
as well as R. C. Chapels, Friaries, a Nunnery, and Meet- 
ing Houses of the Wesleyans, Independents, and Quakers. 
The Dominican Chapel is a handsome edifice, in the Gothic 
;style ; and the Augustine Chapel in George Street is 
worthy of notice, having been the Theatre. 

Limerick possesses many Charitable Institutions : 
■amongst which may be mentioned the Magdalen Hospital, 
the Foundling Hospital, the Fever and Sick Hospitals, 
and the Diocesan School. 

The town manufactures woollens, linen, and paper ; and 

the trade of this port is considerable, ships of 500 tons 

being able to reach the quay. The principal exports are 

provisions, oats, wheat, barley, rapeseed, and butter ; and 

F 



50 DUBLIN TO ARDFERT. 

the chief imports, wine, tea, sugar, salt, &c. A canal, on 
which steam-boats are established, forms a communication 
with Dublin. 

Limerick is very ancient : the Danes, about the year 
900, increased its commerce, and wine was imported in 
great quantities at that early period. The English ac- 
quired possession of Limerick in 1174 : it has gained great 
historical fame by its gallant resistance, when laid siege 
to, in both the civil wars. Ireton took the town in 1642 ; 
William III. in vain attempted its reduction in 1690 ; 
but his troops, under Ginlde, took it in 1691. Vestiges 
of the Castle are seen on the river side, partly concealed 
by houses ; but the fortifications and city gates have been 
demolished. There existed several monasteries, and a 
nunnery, founded by the Kings of Thomond and Lime- 
rick, or by citizens ; of some of which there are still the 
ruins, — namely, of a Dominican friary, founded in 1241, 
seen at the barrack and tanyard ; of the Grey Friars, the 
site of which is now occupied by the County Court-House, 
and its church is at present an hospital; besides which 
there were two other monasteries and a nunnery, all of the 
order of St. Augustine. 

Two miles from Limerick is a Salmon Leap ; and at 
Buan-rath, in the vicinity, are ancient monastic remains. 

The Shannon, on which Limerick is seated, deserves 
the noblest encomium for its picturesque variety, and its 
majesty, it being the broadest and principal river of Ire- 
land. Lough Allen, in Leitrim, supplied by several rivu- 
lets, is the parent water from which the Shannon descends : 
it takes a south course, and near Lanesborough is entered 
by the Royal Canal. The Shannon next fills the superb 
basin of Lough Ree ; below Banagher it is joined by the 
Grand Canal, and again expands into the beautiful Lough 
Derg. It thus separates the provinces of Connaught and 
Leinster, but serves to promote the commercial relations 
of the Metropolis with all the centre of the kingdom : 
below Limerick it forms a great expanse, reaching north- 
ward to Ennis, while its powerful stream, generally three 
miles broad, pursues its course, for above fifty miles from 
Limerick, to its embouchure betwixt Cape Lean in Clare, 
and Kerry Head, thus forming a superb western harbour. 



DUBLIN TO ARDFERT. 51 

The beautiful islands and interesting antiquities which its 
waters embrace are regularly described in this volume. 

Pop. 59,045. Fairs : Easter Tuesday, July 4, Aug. 4, 
Dec. 12. Inns : the Cork ; the Commercial ; Molony's ; 
Coomy's ; the Limerick ; the Mail-Coach ; Glen's. 

Loughmore, in Limerick, is a village on the road, three 
miles from the city. Mungret Abbey is a mile to the right 
of Loughmore: the Psalter of Cashel records that this 
Abbey had six churches and 1500 religious ; the roya 
author, M'Culinan, bequeathed to Mungret Abbey in 908, 
three ounces of gold, a vest, and his blessing. The ruins 
are not such as would indicate any considerable monastic 
edifice. 

Patrick's Well is a long village, two miles farther on 
this road. 

ADAIR, or ADA RE, in Limerick, once a town of con- 
sequence, is now a picturesque village, embellished by the 
ruins of its interesting edifices. In Grose's Antiquities 
there are plates of several of these. The monasteries were 
for Franciscan friars, and were founded by the Earls of 
Kildare in the reign of Edward I., in 1315, and in 1465. 
The first, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, has a tower re- 
sembling the keep of a castle, but built, like many Irish 
monastic steeples, over a grand arch : it is on the south 
side of Adair. Here also we observe the Augustine friary, 
having a similar tower and arch, with a fine nave and 
cloisters. Ivy covers all the monasteries, and renders them 
pretty subjects for the tasteful painter. The Grey Friars 
had their house at the east end of this village. The River 
Maig, which has here a bridge of nine arches, is navigable, 
and adds much to the beauty of Adair : on its bank is 
seated the ivy-clad Castle, once strongly garrisoned by the 
Earl of Desmond, but reduced in 1641. Two miles be- 
yond this charming spot is the ruin of Grannebuie Castle, 
and, farther on, of Amigan Castle. Near Adair is the 
mansion and domain of the Quin family; also Mount 
Shannon, Earl of Clare. Pop. 853. 

RATHKEALE is a market and post town on the River 
Deel, in Limerick. It was once a fortified town, defended 
by a Castle. It has a small Church and a R. C. Chapel. 
Two great names, those of Sir Walter Raleigh, and Spen- 

F 2 



52 DUBLIN TO ARDFERT. 

ser, secretary to Lord Grey, are connected with the cap- 
ture of Rathkeale by the troops of Elizabeth ; those gene- 
rals ordered the massacre of the garrison in cold blood, 
and to the tender poet devolved the task of palliating this 
action, by the denial that the lives of the sufferers had 
been secured by a convention. Here also are the ruins of 
an Augustine Abbey ; and in one of its windows is the 
painted figure of a monk. Two miles beyond the town is 
Ballyahnan Castle, The gentlemen's seats are nume- 
rous. The Church of Cluancagh, near this town, was 
once part of a monastery founded by St. Maidoc about 600. 
The name signifies the Rath in a wood. Pop. 4757. 
Fairs : six annually. Inn : the King's Arms. 

NEWCASTLE, in Limerick, is seated upon the Deel. 
Here is a fine park ; the district to the South is romantic, 
and the roads conduct us over great mountains. This 
town forms a square, and amongst its public buildings are 
some of remarkable beauty ; the modern Church has a 
square turret, surmounted by a cupola and eight pin- 
nacles. The Market House has been converted into 
barracks. Amongst the antiquities are the remains of 
the castellated mansion of the Knights Templars, a part 
of which is modernised. Many of the Knights of this 
chivalric monastery here became the victims of the people, 
who, being excited against them, slew them by surprise. 
The ruins of their dwelling stand near the Church. Pop, 
288(5. Fairs: May 3, Aug. 20, Oct. 1. 

COOLNAKENNY, in Limerick, is a village, in a 
mountainous and dreary tract, which extends to Abbey- 
feale. 

ABBEYFEALE, in Limerick, is seated on the Feale, 
which flows into the Cashin River, and joins the Shannon 
at its mouth. The celebrated Cistercian Abbey at this 
place was founded in 1188. Half a mile beyond the 
town is the ruin of Purt Castle. For our present route 
by Listowell, turn to the right along the north side of the 
Feale ; six miles and a half from Abbeyfeale on the 
Feale, is the fine mansion of Woodford. Pop. 437. 

LISTOWELL, in Kerry, is a small but neat town, 
on the Feale, with a tolerable inn. It possesses the re- 
mains of a justly celebrated Castle, on the banks of the 



DUBLIN TO ARDFERTV 53 

river. Lis signifies an earthen fort, and Tuaihal was a 
renowned chief, according to the remote traditions of this 
country. The Castle held out for Lord Kerry, with ob- 
stinacy, but was taken by Wihnot in 1600, when the 
garrison were put to the sword. Listowell has a neat 
Church and a Roman Catholic Chapel. Pop. 1577* 
. ABBEY Ot)ORNEY, in Kerry. At this village 
are the ruins of the once celebrated Abbey, built in 1154, 
upon the River Brick. Two miles and a half from it is 
Crotto s a very beautiful mansion of the Ponsonby family. 
Pop. 263.^ 

ARDFERT, the ancient capital, of Kerry, once the 
seat of a Bishop and a famous university. -This see has 
been held by the Bishops of Limerick since 1663. St. 
Brandon founded the ancient Abbey in the sixth century; 
a curious sculpture of him, in alto-relievo, still exists in 
the venerable ruins of the Cathedral Church, and a still 
more lasting memorial of him, Mount Brandon > is beheld 
across the bay. He was the disciple of St. Ert, the first 
Bishop of Ardfert and Kerry. The great civil war in 
1641, caused the destruction of this magnificent Church : 
the Round Tower, 120 feet high, also fell in 177L In 
the Church there is a fine monument of one of the 
Bishops. Here are the ruins of a Franciscan Abbey, 
founded in 1253, by Thomas, Lord Kerry ; the cemetery 
was the burial-place of the celebrated Knights of Kerry. 
The former Abbies and the ancient city had previously, 
.on several disputes, been laid waste with fire. There is 
a fine inscription in an ancient, perhaps an unknown 
character, round an arch of an old ruin, near the mansion 
and delightful parks of the late Earl of Grlandore. 

Beyond the fine strand of Ballyheigh Bay is the grand 
promontory, called Kerry Head ; about this rocky point 
are found violet and rose-coloured amethysts, or Kerry 
stones. This coast is often assaulted by heavy swells and 
surges of the Atlantic sea, which in bad weather seem to 
thunder within Poulafooca and other large caverns ; the 
mouth of the Shannon is eight miles across to the oppo- 
site cliffs of Cape Lean, and the river scene is truly 
sublime. The old fort at Ballengary is divided by the 

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54 DUBLIN TO ARDFERT. 

waves from the land precipice. Ballykeal Castle, Ferrit 
Island, and the Round Tower of Rattoo, are also objects 
of interest. Pop. 1569. 



No. 4. From Dublin to 


ARDFERT. 


Through Li- 


MERICK, ASKEYTON, 


Shanagolden, and 


Tar- 


BERT. 








Dublin Castle to Miles. 


Dublin Castle to 




Miles. 


Limerick*, as at No. 3. . .94 


Tarbert . 


: 


. 124 


Askeyton . . . 106| 


Ballylongford 


. 


. 128 


Shanagolden . . .114 


Listowell* 


. 


. 134£ 


Glynn . . ... 121 


Ardfert* . 


■ * 


. 147| 



ASKEYTON, in Limerick. The old road is four 
miles longer through Adair and Stone Hall, to Askeyton. 
Near Stone Hall is a beautiful residence named Holly 
Park, where the finest Holly trees are seen growing 
amongst rocks. Askeyton is upon the River Deel, and 
close to the Shannon. Until the Union, this now im- 
poverished town was a borough ; it possesses many 
ancient remains. Askeyton Castle is seen on an island ; 
it was a fortified mansion of the Earl of Desmond. 
Across the Deel are the magnificent ruins of a Franciscan 
Abbey, the cloisters of which are remarkably beautiful, 
and are adorned with marble columns. Pop. 1500. 

Seats : Bally mort ; Court, Sir H. Harstonge. Ruins 
in this vicinity are Courtferry Castle and Bally England 
Castle. 

SHANAGOLDEN, in Limerick. To this place the 
usual road is through Adair, and Newbridge, a very 
pretty village of colonists from the Palatinate in Ger- 
many, whose improvements attracted the praise of the 
late Arthur Young. Shanagolden is a great thorough- 
fare ; the neighbouring seats are Abbey and Cappo. 
Near it is Killmulan Church, and three miles and a half 
beyond is the Castle and village of Loghill. 

GLYNN, in Limerick, is a very romantic village, 
seated near a bay of the Shannon, with fine precipices 
and cliffs, commanding a noble view of the river. The 
history of its ancient Castle, obstinately defended in 1600 



DUBLIN TO ARKLOW. 55 

by the Knight of the Glynn, against the forces under Sir 
George Carew, gives a certain degree of interest to this 
retired spot ; its brave garrison was put to the sword. 

TARBERT is a small market and post town in Kerry, 
well known as possessing the best anchorage in this part 
of the Shannon. It has a harbour formed by Tarbert 
point, and from the opposite shore of the river a point 
also projects, and narrows the stream. The Church is 
handsome, and is built upon an eminence. Near it is 
the Public School, and a mile distant is a Roman Catholic 
Chapel. The Inns are good. 

Seats : Leslie Lodge ; Tarmons, and Tarbert House, 
which commands a grand view of the river, and is the 
mansion of Sir Edward Leslie, proprietor of this thriving 
town ; Pyrmont, a villa so named from its fine chalybeate 
spring. 

The usual excursions from Tarbert are to see Carrig- 
foile Castle, built by the O'Connors, in an island ; Inis- 
Scattery, an Island in the Shannon, seven miles from its 
embouchure, and the celebrated ruin of Beal Castle, 
with the inaccessible cliff called the Devil's Castle, 

Pop. 760. Fairs : Easter Monday, June 22, Aug. 12, 
Dec. 11. Inns : the Leslie Arms ; M'Mahon's Hotel. 

BALLYLONGFORD, in Kerry. This village has a 
neat Church. Half a mile from it is the stately ruin of 
Lislaghtin Abbey, founded A.D. 1464, for Franciscan 
friars. From this place, the short road is by Listowell ; 
it divides and conducts to Ardfert on the right, and to 
Tralee on the left. There is also a circuitous route from 
Ballylongford to Ardfert by the side of the Shannon, 
across to the village of Ballyheigh, and along the shore of 
Ballyheigh Bay. Pop. 919. 



No. 5. From Dublin to ARKLOW. Through Black- 
rock Bray and Wicklow. 

Miles, 

Dublin to Arklow, as at No. 203 . 36 



56 DUBLIN TO ARMAGH. 

No. 6. From Dublin to ARMAGH. First Road. 
Through Drogheda, Dundalk, and Newtown 
Hamilton. 



Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Dublin Castle to 


Miles, 


Dundalk*, as at No. 1. 


, 40§ 


Blackbank 


, 55 


Johnston's Fews 


. 50§ 


Armagh 


. 621 


Newtown Hamilton . 


. 53 







JOHNSTON'S FEWS is a village in the wild and 
rugged district of the Fews. Seat: Roxb or ough House, 
belonging to the Johnston family. Here also is a 

NEWTOWN HAMILTON is a village of Armagh, in 
which one of the great O'Nials was slain in an encounter 
with another chieftain. Here is a neat Church : near 
the village are intrenchments, supposed to have been a 
camp of Cromwell's army Pop, 775. 

BLACKBANK, in Armagh. Here are the remains of 
a Castle ; fortified mansions and barracks appear to have 
been formerly the only safe dwellings in this mountainous 
neighbourhood. Much of the land is bare and unpro- 
ductive. 

ARMAGH is an archiepiscopal see, and a city of the 
fertile and beautiful county bearing the same name. It 
stands on the side of a fine hill, at the foot of which the 
Kalin or Callan flows, in its passage to the Blackwater. 
The environs are pleasing, and the city exhibits many 
beautiful edifices. The ancient Cathedral on the summit 
of the eminence is cruciform, and its tower rises above 
the intersection of the transept with the nave ; this 
building is grand and conspicuous, from its elevated situa- 
tion, and excites a peculiar interest, from our knowledge 
that St. Patrick founded the Church of Armagh, in the 
Fifth Century, from the important character of its his- 
tory and antiquities, and from the distinguished conduct 
of many of its prelates in religious and civil affairs. It 
became an Archbishopric in 1142; its early chronicles, 
its churches,, and the town itself, were destroyed by the 
Danes ; its history, however, we have not any occasion to 
narrate in this place, and shall be content to say that it 
became early a centre for our northern civilization? and 



DUBLIN TO ARMAGH. 57 

the chief seat of learning and religion. Here also were 
buried many distinguished princes, Brian Boroimhe, 
and others. Archbishop Usher, who drew up articles for 
the Church of Ireland, which were for some time con- 
formed to, and whose learned works confer so much 
honour on this ancient city, ranks amongst the most cele- 
brated of its Archbishops. 

The Archbishop's Palace at Armagh has long been 
noticed as a residence of great beauty. The new Church, 
with a 'stately spire, the County Court House, the Col- 
lege, Library, Observatory, and the Market Cross, are 
objects worthy of particular notice. Amongst the princi- 
pal buildings also are, the Charter School, the Gaol, 
which is commodiously built, the large Barrack, and the 
County Infirmary. Armagh likewise possesses several 
Meeting Houses, a Roman Catholic Chapel, and Charita- 
ble Institutions. 

The town itself is regular and handsomely built, its 
chief improvements having commenced under the liberal 
care of Lord Rokeby, a former Archbishop of this see. 
The Cathedral dates from ebout A.D. 1260; the Au- 
gustine Priory of St. Peter and St. Paul was a highly 
celebrated monastic foundation, and Armagh was famous 
for the piety and doctrine of its clergy. The primacy 
was, about the period of the Reformation, granted to 
Browne, Archbishop of Dublin, in consequence of the 
spirited resistance of Archbishop Dowdal, of Armagh, to 
the wishes of the government in the establishment of the 
Protestant worship ; since which the Metropolitan pre- 
eminence has been asserted by both prelates with a slight 
variation of the title : the Arshbishop of Armagh is 
styled the Primate of all Ireland, Armagh has long been 
a favoured residence of many gentlemen and eminent per- 
sons ; its manufacturers also rank high amongst the most 
spirited of our northern merchants ; it returns a member 
to Parliament, as one of the borough-towns of the Union. 

Pop. 8493. Fairs : Mar. 28, May 20, July 10, Aug. 
12, Tuesday before Oct. 10, and Nov. 20. Inn : the 
Royal Hibernian Hotel. 



58 



DUBLIN TO ARMAGH. 



No. 7- 'Prom Dublin to ARMAGH. Second Road, 
Through Dtiogheda, Collon", and Castleblaney. 



Dublin Castle U 


Miles. 


Dublin Castle te 


Miles, 


Drogheda *, as at No. 1. 


. 23| 


Peterborough 


> . 45| 


Collon 


. 29£ 


Mullaghanee Bridge 


. . 49i 


Ardee 


. 34| 


Castleblaney 


. 51| 


Mill of Louth . 


. 39J 


Keady 


. . 58| 


Corcreath . . , 


. 41| 


Armagh * . . , 


. 64| 



COLLON is a town of Louth. Its Gothic Church 
has a line spire ; and the adjacent seat of Lord Oriel, the 
venerable speaker of the Irish house of commons, with a 
shaded demesne, near a finely sloped mountain, has for a 
length of years given celebrity to Collon. This eminent 
senator greatly improved the town, and established a 
cotton stocking manufacture here. The bridge across the 
river which flows through the village, and the neat white 
dwellings have a cheerful air. From the Hill of Collon, 
which is skirted by fine plantations, we have a noble 
prospect of Monasterboice and the vale of Drogheda. On 
the other hand, the Mourne mountains and a portion of 
the Bay of Carlingford are within view. Pop. 1347. 

ARDEE, formerly ATHERDEE, is a market and 
post town in Louth. It was once a walled town, and 
is seated on the Dee, which falls into the sea below 
Castle Bellingham. The Gaol was formerly an exten- 
sive fortress. Peppard was the name of the ancient 
Barons of this place ; they built a strong Castle here, and 
founded the House of Crouched Friars in 1208 ; a Car- 
melite Friary was also founded by the same family. The 
Scottish army destroyed the Church of the Carmelites, 
when many of the townspeople were sheltered within it. 
The great mount of Castle Guard is 90 feet in height, 
the table sumniit is 140 feet in circumference, and the 
foot of this fine artificial hill is 600 feet in circumference, 
having a fosse. The last Prior of Ardee, George Dowdal, 
acquired the highest popularity with his countrymen, 
when Archbishop of Armagh ; on his surrender of the 
Friary, its possessions were granted to Sir Garret Moore. 
Ardee has a handsome stone Church, containing several 
monuments of the Ruxton family, a Roman Catholic 
Chapel, a Market House, a Dispensary, and a Free school. 



DUBLIN TO ARMAGH. 59 

CJiarlestown Church is two miles from Ardee. Pop. 3588. 
Fairs : Mar. 1, April 10, June 6, July 7, Aug. 20, Oct. 
23, Dec. 17. Inn : the Ruocton's Arms. 

MILL OF LOUTH is a village, built on the Lagan 
River. Thomastown, Mr. Tennison's, is a seat standing 
near a small Lake. 

CORCREAG-H. Immediately beyond this village we 
quit the county of Louth. 

CASTLE BLANEY, in Monaghan, is a pleasant 
town, with a handsome Church, a neat stone Market 
House, a Roman Catholic Chapel, and Meeting Houses. 
The Castle is the seat of Lord Blaney, in the grounds of 
which is a profusion of evergreens, and a Lake, with nu- 
merous Islands. General Lord Bianey was made pri- 
soner in the Peninsular war, and served against the 
insurgents in 1798. 

Pop. 1420. Fairs : First Wednesday of each month. 
Inns : the King's Arms ; the Blaney Arms. 

KEADY, in the county of Armagh, is built near the 
river Callen. Beyond the Church, which is a handsome edi- 
fice, are lead mines, on the estate of the Earl of Farnham. 
The bleaching-grounds on the banks of the Callen, are 
numerous, and assist in giving an air of prosperity to this 
part of the county. Pop. 642. 



No. 8. From Dublin to ARMAGH. Third Road. 
Through Dundalk, Newry, and Markethill. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Mites. 

Newry*, as at No. 1. . 50J Armagh* .... 65J 
Markethill . . .60 

MARKETHILL is a town of Armagh, on the Keady- 
beg Stream. It has a neat Sessions House, and a good 
inn. Pop. 550. 

Seat : Castle Gosford, a charming mansion, which, 
together with Draper* s Hill, is a name familiar to the 
readers of Swift's works ; in this neighbourhood The 
Fews, a mountainous and retired tract, is worthy the 
notice of those who seek for picturesque and romantic 
scenery. Pass Mullybrack Church, distant one mile and 
a half beyond Market-hill. 



60 DUBLIN TO BALBRIGGAN. 

No. 9. From Dublin to ATHLONE. Through 
Maynooth, Kinnegad, and Kilbeggan. 

Dublin to Athlone, as at "No. 9?. . . . 59£ 



No. 10. From Dublin to AUGHNACLOY. Through 
Armagh, Tynan, and Caledon. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Dundalk*, asatNo. 1. • 40J Tynan* . . . . 68| 

Armagh *, as at No. 6. . 62± Callidon * 70£ 

Killyleag . . . .6/ Aughnacloy * . . .76 



No. 11. From Dublin to BALBRIGGAN. First 
Road. Through Balruddery. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Balruddery*, as at No. 1. 14£ Balbriggan . . . 15^ 

BALBRIGGAN, a thriving town on the coast of the 
county of Dublin, having a good pier : its fishermen are 
adventurous and successful. The cotton manufactures of 
Balbriggan are considerable; and some exceedingly fine 
stockings made here bear a high price. The vein of ala- 
baster and of micaceous spars, interspersed with glittering- 
copper and sulphur streaks, is much remarked. Several 
Castles are in this vicinity : Brcmore Castle ruin is half a 
mile from the town ; and on the coast is Baldungan Castle^ 
destroyed by the Parliamentarian army ; the remaining 
towers, and ivy-clad walls of the chapels, still remain : 
here also is an ancient cemetery. Pop. 3124. 



No. 12. From Dublin to BALBBIGGAN. Second 
Road. Through Rush. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Turvey *, as at No. 1. . 9 Skerries . . . .17 

Lusk . . . .11 Balbriggan* • . .20*. 

Rush . . . .13* 

LUSK, in Dublin, is celebrated for its fine Round Tower 
and ancient Church, in which are several monuments, and 



DUBLIN TO BALLAGHY. 



61 



a curious vestige of antiquity, supposed to have been an 
idol belonging to the Danes. Near it is Whitestown 
Church, in ruins. 

Off the mouth of an inlet of the sea is seen the Island 
of Lambay, where there are large quantities of rabbits and 
sea-fowl. During the summer this island is much fre- 
quented by parties of pleasure ; and on Trinity Sunday 
a great number of persons visit Holy Trinity Spring. 
Here also are the ruins of an old fort. 

Pop. 874. 

RUSH is a fishing town in Dublin, near a point of the 
coast. It is noted for curing ling, large quantities of which 
are exported. A mile farther is Rush House, a good 
mansion, and some old ruins. Lough Shinney, between 
Rush and Skerries, has a pier and harbour. Pop. 1014. 

SKERRIES is a fishing village of Dublin, opposite to 
which are three small rocks, called the Skerries Islands, 
One of them, named Holm Patrick, is said to have been 
the residence of St. Patrick. Seat : Sheep Hill. 



No. 13. From Dub 


LIN tO 


BALLAGHY (in 


London- 


derry). Through Portadown andMAGHERAFELT. 


Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Newry*, as at No. 1. 


. 50£ 


Stewartstown* 


. 78 


Point's Pass 




Moneymore * 


. 84f 


Tanderagee . . 


. 6H 


Magherafelt * 


. 88f 


Portadown* 


. 65f 


Dawson's Bridge 


. . 90f 


Blackwater-foot 


• 72h 


Ballaghy . 


. 93i 



POINT'S PASS, in Armagh, is celebrated for the 
-engagements fought here in the times of anarchy and 
civil war. 

TANDERAGEE is a small market and post town of 
Armagh, seated on a high hill, commanding a fine pro- 
spect of several fertile valleys. The Church is a handsome 
Gothic edifice, rebuilt in 1812 ; and close to it is Lord 
Mandeville's delightful seat, erected on the site of O'Han- 
lan's Castle. The town also possesses a Roman Catholic 
Chapel, and a School House, endowed by Lady Mande- 
ville. Tanderagee is situated in the centre of the linen 
G 



62 DUBLIN TO BALLAGHY. 

manufacture, and the canal from Newry to Lough Neagh 
passes near it. Pop. 1158. Fairs: First Wednesday in 
Feb. and May, July 5, Nov. 5. Inn: Hutchinson's. 

DAWSON'S BRIDGE, a village of Londonderry, on 
the Mayola River, which soon after falls into the N. W. 
Bay of Lough Neagh. From this a good road communi- 
cates by the bridge at Toome Ferry with the county of 
Antrim. 

BALLAGHY is a pleasant village of Londonderry, in 
the midst of mountain scenery of the most romantic de- 
scription. Here several roads diverge to the neighbouring 
towns of Antrim and Londonderry. The shore of Lough 
Beg is sandy ; but in winter the flood greatly exceeds the 
summer water -mark. Adjacent are some beautiful seats 
and diversified grounds. 



No. 14. From Dublin to BALLAGHY (in SUgo). 
Through Athlone and Roscommon. 

Dublin Castle io Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Athlone * as at No. 97 . 59J Loughglin . . .93 

Ballymurry . . . 69| Kilkelly . . . .101 

Roscommon . . . 74f Ballaghy . ; . 105^ 

Castlereagh* . . . 88J 

BALLYMURRY, a village in Roscommon, surrounded 
by some good country houses. Fairs : May 10, Aug. 15. 

ROSCOMMON is a market and post town, as well as 
the county and assize town of Roscommon. Its antiquities 
are worthy of inspection. An Abbey for canons regular 
was founded here in the 6th century ; it was plundered in 
1134, and Roscommon was burnt in 1360. The Friary of 
Dominicans was a stately edifice, founded in 1253 by 
Cathal O'Connor, king of Connaught, whose tomb of Irish 
marble may be seen in the aisle of these ruins ; it exhibits 
some interesting sculptures. The Castle is a noble ruin, 
built in 1268: this fortress was besieged in 1641. Ros- 
common was a borough returning members to the Irish 
Parliament. The chief public buildings are the Church, 
the Court House, erected in 1826; the County Infirmary; 
the Gaol, built in 1819 5 and the Lunatic Asylum, 



DUBLIN TO BALLICLARE. 63 

Pop. 3015. Fairs : June 7? Dec. 5. Inns : Flynn's 5 
Mulranan's. 

Seats : Moat, two miles distant ; Clover Hill; Dona- 
tion Castle, a venerable castellated mansion, having small 
turrets above each corner of the edifice ; the entrance is 
by a lofty flight of steps ascending the exterior wall : this 
curious residence is seated on the banks of the River Suck. 
Clonthuskart Abbey is a small ruin, situated seven miles 
N. E. from Roscommon. 

LOUGHGLIN, in Roscommon. Here is a grand man- 
sion of Viscount Dillon, seen across the waters of Lough- 
GKn. A Church ruin is two miles beyond this, and an 
ancient Castle in ruins three miles farther. Fairs : May 
25, July 29, Sept. 12, Oct. 14. 

KILKELLY is a village of Roscommon. Near it is a 
glen of remarkable beauty, through which flows a roman- 
tic, meandering stream, amidst slopes of ash trees, thorn, 
and hollies. The echo in the heart of this glen repeats 
seven times. 



No. 15. From Dublin to BALLICLARE. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles, 

Banbridge*, as at No. 1, . 60^ Carmoney * , , 85J 

Belfast*, as at No. 29. . 80 Balliclare . .90 

BALLICLARE is a beautiful village of Antrim, hav- 
ing a market, and an ancient Church and Bridge over the 
Glenwhirry River. Here is a good hunting lodge and 
park of the Marquess of Donegal!. The village of Bally- 
nure is distant two miles, and Dough at a like distance. 

A new road from Belfast sweeps round the foot of 
Carmoney Hill by the sea-shore, and ascends the broad 
vale between that mountain and Agnew's Hill above 
Larne : this road is, however, two miles further than the 
steep ascent of Carmoney through the village. 

From Colin Mountain, a mile above Ballyclare, on 
which is the hamlet of Tildarg, with some good bleach- 
greens, there is a very grand prospect of the Cave 
Hill near Belfast, the Lough, and the Down coast: 
few landscapes can exceed this superb view. From the 

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G4 DUBLIN TO BALLINAHINCH. 

summit of Colin, the eye ranges along the beautiful vale 
of Glenwhirry, the sides of which are cultivated, and 
afford green pasturage of excellent quality : on the further 
slope is the great isolated mountain of Slievemish, and 
along the middle flows a small stream. 



No. 16. From Dublin to BALLIMORE. Through 
Maynooth, Kinnegab, and Mullingar. 

Dublin Vastle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles, 

Kinnegad*, as at No. 97. 29£ Baltimore . . . 50£ 

llMJRgar* . . . 38£ 

BALLIMORE is a market and post town in the county 
of Westmeath, pleasantly situated to the west of Lough 
Scudy. It had an Abbey of considerable note, which was 
founded in the 12th century. There is a well-built Ro- 
man Catholic Chapel in the town, and a neat Church. 
The fort of Ballimore, on the side of the lake, was sepa- 
rated by moats and intrenchments from the shore, and 
was an important post. There was a Cistercian Friary 
and Nunnery at the village of Plary. Killenneny Castle 
is a ruin distant four miles. Pop. 500. Fairs ; Whit- 
Monday, and October 14. Inn: Doyle's. 



No. 17. From Dublin to BALLINAHINCH. Through 
Newry, Castlewellan and Seaford. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Mites. 

Newry*, as at No. 1. . 50J Clough * • . , .69 

Rathfirland* . . . 57£ Seaford . 70 

Castlewellan* . .65 Ballynabinch . . . 75§ 

SEAFORD is a village in the county of Down. Near 
it is the charming mansion of the Forde family, named 
Castle Navan. 

Fairs: March 7, June 9, Sept. 14, and Dec. 5. 

BALLYNAHINCH is a market and post town of 
Down, situated at the junction of four roads, which meet 
near the Market House. It has a well-built Church, a 
handsome Chapel for Roman Catholics, two Meeting 



DUBLIN TO BALLINAKILL. 65 

Houses, and a good Charter School. The action gained 
here, June 13, 1798, against the insurgents of the North, 
was gallantly contested, and the town was burnt : the 
royal forces were commanded by Gen. Nugent. The 
noble mansion of the Rawdon family, Montalto, is now 
the property of D. Kerr, Esq., M.P., of Portavo. The 
hills surrounding Ballynahinch are craggy and rugged, 
but well ornamented and tolerably cultivated. In the 
road which conducts to Castlewellan, and at the foot of 
Slieve Croob Mountain, about two miles from Ballyna- 
hinch, is a celebrated sulphuretted chalybeate Spa. On 
the summit of Slieve Croob Mountain is a cairn 240 feet 
in circumference at the base, and 150 at the top ; and at 
Annadorn, in the immediate vicinity, is another with a 
rude stone chamber in the centre. Beyond the Spa is a 
charming Lake ; to the south of which is Dunmore village 
and church, distant two miles from Ballynahinch. 

Fairs, for cattle, &c, in most months of the year. 
Inn: Ruddock's. 



No. 18. From Dublin to BALLINAKILL. Through 
Naas, Kilcullen Bridge, and Athy, 



Dublin Castle to 


Miles . 


Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Rathcoole* 


■ 7| 


Athy* 


•. 321 


Johnstown* 


. 13i 


Timohoe . 


• «i 


Naas* . . . 


* 15£ 


Ballinakill • 


. m 


Kilcullen Bridge* 


. 21 







TIMOHOE is a village of Queen's County, in which 
there are some very interesting ruins of a Castle dilapi- 
dated during the Civil Wars. The Round Tower and the 
ancient Church are entitled to notice. There are three 
ancient moats a mile from this place. Timoge Church is 
distant two miles in the direction of Stradbally. Fairs : 
April 5, July 2, Oct. 21. 

BALLINAKILL is a market and post town in Queen's 
County. It has a handsome Church and Steeple lately 
erected ; and a Roman Catholic Chapel. The Castle is 
an interesting old fortress, and after repeated sieges was 
stormed by the forces of Cromwell, This was a Borough 

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66 DUBLIN TO BALLINROBE. 

Town sending representatives to the Irish parliament. It 
is the property of the Stanhope family. 

Pop. 4454. Market-day : Saturday. Fairs at Ballin- 
akill: March 22, April 22, Aug. 12, Oct. 16, Dec. 16 ; 
also the Thursday after Whitsuntide. 

Seat : Mr. Trench's mansion Heywood is generally 
admired. 



No. 19. From Dublin to BALLINROBE. First 
Road. Through Maynooth, Athlone, and Tuam. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle tQ Miles, 

Athlone,* as at No. 97 . 59J Kilmain .... 104£ 
Tuam,* as at No. 123 . 93 Ballinrobe . . . 108| 

KILMAIN is a village of Mayo. Near it are some 
Church and other ruins, as well as a fine mansion of 
Lord Kilmain's. Fairs: July i2, Oct. 28. 

On the left hand of the Ballinrobe Road is the Neale, 
an interesting village, with the magnificent seat of the 
Browne family. A few miles S.W. of the Neale in a 
narrow tract between the beautiful Lough Mask and the 
great expanse of Lough Corrib, is the village of Cong 
and the mansion of the Macnamara family, together with 
the remains of an Abbey. Here also is the Pigeon Hole, 
a subterraneous cavern of some length, traversed by a 
pellucid stream abounding with trout, which may be seen 
darting from side to side, and are only taken by landing- 
nets. The Pigeon Hole is entered by a descent of sixty- 
three steps, and will amply repay the trouble of a visit. 
In this water is a weir for eels. A stream issues from a 
sloping bank near Cong and flows rapidly to Lough Cor- 
rib, one mile distant. Cong was once an important place, 
and its Abbey was celebrated. 

BALLINROBE is a large market and post town at the 
S. extremity of the county of Mayo. It is built on the 
banks of the Robe which flows westward and empties 
itself into Lough Mask. The Castle, formerly the resi- 
dence of Lord Tyrawly, is converted into barracks for 
cavalry. There are barracks also at this town for two 
companies of infantry. The Abbey is a venerable Gothic 
ruin ; and near it is the School House, 



DUBLIN TO BALLINROBE. 07 

A mile Eastward from Ballinrobe is situated Lough 
Shy, a mile in length and only a quarter of a mile wide. 
The rivers in the neighbourhood are important and divide 
the several counties ; the Robe is a beautiful stream 
which passes through the town of Ballinrobe ; the Moyne 
to the South separates Mayo from the county of Galway, 
and on the East, Mayo is in some places bounded by the 
Gara River. 

Pop. 2191. Fairs: June 7, Dec. 5. Inns: the Ty- 
rawley Hotel. *, 

Ballintobec Abbey is seen on the road to Castlebar. It 
is of a grand style of Gothic architecture, and the rafters 
were of massive hewn stone — a singular mode of roofing 
buildings, which by its weight sometimes hastens the 
decay of the edifice. 



No. 20. From Dublin to BALLINROBE. Second 
Road. Through Ballynamore, Kilkerrin, and 

HOLLYMOUNT. 
Dublin Cattle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Athlone*, as at No. 97 . 59 \ Dumacreen . . 95 

Ballynamore*, as at No. 123 74£ Ballindaggin . . 99| 

Killkerrin . . 83| Hollymount* . . 107£ 

Dunmore . . 91£ Ballinrobe* . . 112 

KILKERRIN is a neat village of Galway. Within a 
mile, on the Ballynamore road, is an ancient Castle ruin, 
also the ruins of a Church. 

DUNMORE is an ancient village and post town of 
Galway. Here was once a fortress of the sept of 
O'Kelly. On the site of the original Church built by St. 
Patrick, an Abbey was founded in 1425 by the De Bir- 
minghams, Lords of Athenry, which family still possesses 
property in Mayo. The Parochial Church is a portion of 
this Abbey, which belonged to the Augustines. At Dun- 
more is the elegant residence of the Earl of Ross ; whose 
title is derived from a barony of the county of Galway. 
Hence a road leads to the village of Ballindine. 

Fairs: July 9, October 10, and December 11. 

BALLINDAGGIN is a village in the county of Mayo, 
which the road enters shortly after leaving Dunmore. 



68 DUBLIN TO BALLYCASTLE. 

One mile and a half farther is seen the stately mansion 
of Castle M' Garrett: in this demesne there is some good 
timber. On the River sicle 5 one mile to the left, are the 
ruins of an ancient Castle. 

HOLLYMOUNT. Here the present route crosses the 
high road from Tuam to Castlebar. For Hollymount see 
No. 123. 



No. 21. From Dublin to BALLYBOFEY. Through 
Bally shannon, Ballintra, and Townavilly. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Ballyshannon*, asatNo.79 101J Townavilly . . 114| 

Ballintra* . . 105| Ballybofey* . . 123| 

TOWNAVILLY is a village of DonegaU. Within 
one mile and a half of Townavilly on the left is Lough 
Esk, a considerable Lake surrounded by mountains on 
which there are red deer. In the Lake is the Char, a 
delicate fish caught by nets. Four miles beyond Town- 
avilly is Lough Mourn, one mile and a half in length and 
half a mile broad, near the road which conducts the tra- 
veller across the Barnsmore mountains to Ballybofey. 



No. 22. From Dublin to BALLYCASTLE. First 
Road. Through Drogheda, Banbridge, Bally- 
men a, and Armoy. 



Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Banbridge*, as at No. 1 


m 


Ballymena 


. 93| 


Lurgan # 


. m 


Clough 


99£ 


Glanevy • 


77 


Loughgule 


105 


Antrim* • 


84 


Armoy Church . 


. 109 


Kells 


89| 


Ballycastle 


. 113J 



GLANEVY is a village of Antrim. There is another 
road near the shore of Lough Neagh, which, branching 
off at Lurgan, passes through Ballinderry and Crumlin, 
to Antrim, being about the same distance as by Glanevy. 

KELLS is a village of Antrim, situated on the Kells 
water, over which it has a large bridge. Adjoining the 
bridge is a small moat, with an acclivity from the River ; 
and a fine valley sweeps round to the Colin Hills. Several 



DUBLIN TO BALLYCASTLE. 69 

bleach-greens are seen at or near Kells. Here also are the 
ruins of an Abbey, with a Cemetery of the Catholics ; this 
is named Templemoyle, and perhaps formed some of the 
ecclesiastical edifices appertaining to the see of Connor. 
Pop. 250. 

BALLYMENA is a market and post town in Antrim, 
built on both sides of a branch of the Main, which directs 
its rapid course through a rich vale to Lough Neagh. 
Near the bridge is the pretty bleach hill of Mr. Geoghe- 
gan. The road passes by the moat of Ballykeel, beau- 
tifully planted, and by Bellee Hill, where the royal forces 
encamped in 1798. The Market House has a small 
tower ; the market is attended by the people of all the 
neighbouring country for the sale of linen webs, pork, 
butter, &c. Here is a respectable Inn (Courtney's) in 
the High Street, which is a hill ascending to the North ; 
on its summit is the Church, which has recently had the 
addition of a neat steeple ; here also is a School House, a 
Meeting House, and a Presbyterian Chapel. Close to the 
town is a handsome mansion, and in Harryville, across 
the bridge, are some good houses inhabited by opulent 
persons. 

Two miles East of the Town, on CreUlly Hill^ is a 
Roman Catholic Chapel, built by the Rev. John Fitz- 
simmons. Here also is the mansion of the late John 
Hamilton O'Hara, Esq., built on a trench elevation, and 
surrounded by extensive plantations. 

One mile and a half from Ballymena is Grace Hill, a 
settlement of Moravians, founded in 1746. 

Pop. 2740. Fairs : July 26, Oct. 21. Inns : Court- 
ney's ; Brangin's. 

CLOUGH is a village of Antrim, conspicuously seated 
on a hill. It has a large Church and Chapel, and on the 
summit of the hill are the ruins of a small Castle. At a 
short distance beyond the town are vestiges of another 
castle. The neighbouring mountains are craggy and 
romantic. 

LOUGHGULE is an interesting village in a romantic 
district of Antrim. The Church is situated near a Lough, 
bounded on one side by rich plantations, and on the 
other by an extensive red moss. In the centre of the 
Lough is a wooded islet, and at some distance above it is 



7Q DUBLIN TO BALLYCASTLE. 

seen an old Castle of the O'Haras, the elegant retirement 
of Earl Macartney, who here passed many of his latter 
years in seclusion, and made many important improve- 
ments. The Corky Hills are high and rugged, and a 
rich tract diversified by villas and ornamental demesnes 
extends from this place to Dervock. Lissanoure Castle, 
late the Earl of Macartney's, is now the residence of 
Mrs. Hume, and J. Hume Macartney, Esq. 

ARMOY CHURCH, a secluded village of Antrim, is 
seated on the steep banks of the beautiful river Bush. 
Near the church, surrounded by trees, is the lower half 
of a Round Tower. The village Inn occupies a pictu- 
resque site near the bridge. Near this place are the 
ruins of an ancient Castle, and some rich and varied 
landscapes of glen and mountain, watered by the mean- 
dering river, which sometimes swells to an impetuous 
torrent. 

BALLYCASTLE is a sea^port of Antrim, much 
celebrated for its beauty and the sublimity of the sur- 
rounding scenery. It is approached by a pass clothed 
with luxuriant woods, in the descent from the mountain- 
ous district which skirts this extremity of the wide valley 
of the river Bush. The entrance to the town is formed by 
a new street of neat dwellings with slated roofs, which 
are now superseding thatch in all the northern towns. 
The Church is finely situated fronting the main street, 
and by the side of the crumbling walls of the ancient 
Abbey ; it was built by Mr. Boyd. Here are also two 
Meeting Houses and a Roman Catholic Chapel. Close to 
the harbour is a long bridge across the mouth of the 
river, which is formed by the Carey and Ramoan streams 
descending from the ravines and bleak glens of the 
mountain. An avenue, a quarter of a mile in length, 
conducts from the church to the port, where there are 
some handsome houses belonging to the chief inhabitants, 
and Barracks, formerly the Custom House. The Pier, 
which was erected at an immense expense to defend the 
harbour from the north-west winds, has been unfor- 
tunately swept away by the waves ; and the port is 
choked with sand, On the beach are several upright 
bold rocks, and near the bridge is a deserted glass-house. 
,A large quantity of kelp is collected here, aud burnt on 



DUBLIN TO BALLYCASTLE. 71 

the shore. The coast road sweeps round the rugged foot 
of the mountains in the direction of Glenarm, to the 
south-east, and the shore is rocky and dangerous. 

This delightful town is seated in the centre of an 
amphitheatre of hills, surmounted by the round and 
beautiful summit of Knock Lade, described in another 
place. 

The Collieries of Ballycastle, which have been worked 
for centuries, occupy the hills along the coast of the bay 
for about a mile, and annually produce about 1500 tons 
of coal, which are chiefly sent to the Dublin market. 
There are in all twelve pits, but only four are now worked. 

Of the neighbouring antiquities and natural curiosities 
we shall .speak more fully in their proper places. In the 
immediate vicinity of the town are some Castle Ruins, 
Raths, and the Abbey of Bonamargey, as well as two 
Mineral Springs. 

Pop. 1436. Fairs: Easter Tuesday, last Tuesday in 
May, July 25, Aug. 24, Oct. 26, 'Nov. 30. Inns: Ful- 
lerton's ; and another, with respectable accommodation. 

Four miles from Ballycastle is the magnificent promon- 
tory of Fair Head, or Benmore, overlooking the raging 
sea that divides it from Raghlin Island. In order to reach 
it, the tourist must proceed along the shore from the quay 
for about a mile, and then ascend the hill containing the 
collieries, whence Fair Head is constantly in view. This 
pathway commands a fine view of Raghlin Island, and at 
a distance are seen the islands of Scotland. 

This majestic promontory, the highest point of which 
rises 535 feet above the level of the sea, is composed of 
basaltic stones, and may be divided into two portions, the 
base being an inclined plane strewed with immense 
masses in the wildest confusion, and washed by the foam- 
ing ocean ; and the superstructure, consisting of perpen- 
dicular columns 250 feet in height ; the whole exhibiting 
one of the most extraordinary scenes that imagination 
can conceive. Amongst the objects pointed out as curio- 
sities on Fair Head is the Fhirleath or Gray Marts Path, 
a chasm 200 feet in depth, dividing the promontory in 
two. There are several places also where the tourist 
may, without danger, look down precipices of more than 
240 feet. New the summit is a curious cave called the 



72 DUBLIN TO BALLYCASTLE. 

PicVs House, and not far from it are two lakes, named 
Lough Caolin and Lough-na-Cresa. 



No. 23. From Dublin to BALLYCASTLE. 


Second 


Road. Through 


Drogheda, Belfast, and Kells. 


Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Banbridge*, as at No. 1. 


. 601 


Ballymena * 


. 101 


Belfast*, as at No. 29. 


. 80 


Clogh* 


. 107 


Carmoney 


• 85J 


Clogh Mills 


. 109 


Doagh 


. 90 


Stranockum 


. 116 


Connor ... 
Kells* 


. 96| 
. 97* 


Ballycastle * 


. 124 



CARMONEY^, in Antrim, is seated on the top of a 
remarkable mountain, forming a ridge between the Cave 
Hill near Belfast, and Agnew's Hill above Larne ; all 
three terminating in beautiful slopes to the sea-shore. 
The valley towards Belfast is principally interesting for 
its lime-kilns, the quarries being on the Cave Hill. Here 
the mail-coach road ascends gradually. On the Larne side 
the broader valley is intersected by a sweeping level route, 
recently completed, which, although two miles in its cir- 
cuit towards Bally dare, is surrounded by such verdant 
scenery as affords the traveller the highest delight. Pass 
Mr. Grimshaw's great factory with a beautiful reservoir 
to turn the water-wheel. In the ascent to Carmoney the 
straggling village of white cottages is seen scattered over 
the hill top, and the diminutive church is conspicuous 
from every quarter. After passing the avenues of trees 
beyond Carmoney Church, the road traverses a rough 
and less interesting country. 

DOAGH is a village of Antrim, placed amidst gently 
swelling and verdant hills. The new road through Doagh 
is level, and its scenery resembles that of the beautiful 
new road on the banks of the Wye, between Bakewell 
and Matlock, in England. At Doagh the meeting and 
dinners of the Antrim Hunt are held. Here is a respect- 
able inn. Pop. 163. 

CONNOR, in Antrim, was formerly a place of import- 
ance, but is now a village of small cottages. The see of 
Connor is united with the bishopric of Down. In the 
cemetery of the Cathedral, of which there still exists an 



DUBLIN TO BALLYMENA. 73 

appearance of the foundation-wall, is a white Church, with 
a square steeple, environed by trees. The Kells Water 
flows beneath the small eminence on which the church is 
built, and has several old bridges across it : the water is a 
strong chalybeate. Near this stream is the foundation of 
a Tower, nine feet in height, and apparently repaired in 
late times : it is supposed to have been a residence of King 
Fergus and other princes of former days. The monastic 
ruins of Kells, and the foundations traceable throughout 
this vicinity, belonged to edifices inhabited not many cen- 
turies back, coins of the Edwards having been found here. 
The village is at the foot of a great hill, and the slope 
of Caimanie^ ascending in the direction of Temple- 
patrick, although arduous, will compensate for the labour of 
an excursion. From this summit the eye ranges through 
a wide surrounding vale of the utmost fertility, adorned 
with excellent houses, rapid torrents, long rows of ash 
trees and pines extending to the shore of Lough Neagh, 
which glitters like a sea in the distance : the Round 
Towers of Ram Island and Antrim are also distinguished. 
In this mountain range are the scenes of some pathetic 
poems of Ossian ; and the tumuli on the south side of the 
mountain point out the field of traditionary combats. To 
the right of Parkgate there is an elevated moat, above the 
village of Donegore. Pop. 239. 

CLOGH MILLS, a village two miles from Clogh [de- 
scribed in No. 204] : it is seated upon a rapid stream 
called the Clogh Water. 

STRANOCKUM is a beautiful village of Antrim, 
seated on the River Bush. Close to this is Bushbank^ the 
residence of the late James Hamilton, Esq., and now of 
Mr. Biggs : the grounds are truly agreeable. 



No. 24. From Dublin to BALLYMENA. Through 
Belfast, Templepatrick, and Kells. 

Dublin Castle to Miles, Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Banbridge*, as at No. 1. 60^ Parkgate ........ 88 

Belfast,* as at No. 29. . 80 " Connor* . . . .965 

Lisle .... 85 Kells* . . . .97^ 

Templepatrick . . 87 Ballymena* , , , 101 
H 



74 DUBLIN TO BALLYMOTE. 

LISLE is a mountain hamlet of Antrim. Here is a 
very large round hill, supposed to be artificial. Lisle Hill 
is surrounded by stupendous mountains, but is conspicuous 
from every part of the wide and fertile intervening val- 
levs. Here is a Meeting House and two small Inns. 

TEMPLEPATRICK is an extremely neat village of 
Antrim. Here is Castle Upton, the beautiful mansion of 
Lord Templeton, with a demesne furnished with fine tim- 
ber. The entrance to it is formed by an avenue of elms, 
leading from the Castle-gate at a bend of two roads meet- 
ing in the village. The building is whitewashed, and the 
round turrets are covered by conical roofs. The rents are 
high in this beautiful valley ; but the agriculture is excel- 
lent, and the produce corresponds to the industry exerted. 
Here are two long bridges over a river well stocked with 
trout and perch. Fairs : May 11, July 10, and in Oct. 

PARKGATE is a village of Antrim, built on the rise 
of the Cairnanie range of hills. It has a very respectable 
Inn. To the left hand a road conducts to Donegore Moat 
and Antrim. Fairs: Feb. 7? May 7 5 2nd Monday in 
June, Aug. 7? Nov. 4. 



No. 25. From Dublin to BALLYMOTE. Through 
Longford, Jamestown, and Boyle. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Kinnegad*, as at No. 97. 29 J Boyle* . . . .84^ 

Carrick on Shannon,* as at Ballinafad* . . . 87f 

No. 184 . . . 77 Ballymote . . .96 
Ardkarna Church . . 81f 

BALLYMOTE is an ancient market and post town in 
the county of Sligo, situated between Lough Arrow and 
the River Owenmore. Ballymote Castle, a square of 150 
feet, and 60 feet in height, is supposed to have been con- 
structed A.D. 1300 by De Burgh, Earl of Ulster. During 
the civil wars it was captured by Ireton : it is still a con- 
siderable ruin. Here also stood a House of Franciscans, 
of which the few remaining walls and the east window 
are worthy of notice : it forms a cemetery ; and a portion 
now repaired is the Roman Catholic Chapel. Distant one 
mile from town, is the Church at Emlafad, having a beau- 



DUBLIN TO BALTIMORE. 75 

tifu spire : the rector resides at Newbroofc. The sessions 
are held in Ballymote Court-house four times in the year. 
Pop. 884. Market day : Friday. There are seven Fairs 
held annually. Inns : Farquhar's ; Finn's. 



No, 26. From Dublin to 


BALTIMORE. Through. 


Carlow, 


Kn 


.KENNY, 


Clonmell, and Cork, 




Dublin Castle to 






Miles. 


Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Rathcoole* 




• 


73 


Clonmell 


81| 


Johnstown* 


• 




13! 


Ardfinnan * 


38i 


Naas* 




• 


15| 


Clogheen « 


93i 


Kilcullen Bridge 




. 


21 


Kilworth. 


104| 


Timolin 




. 


29| 


Fermoy . ♦ 


107^ 


Castledermot 


. 




33| 


Rathcormuck * 


Ill 


Carlow 




% 


39 


Cork 


1241 


Leighlin Bridge 




. 


45 


Bandon . • 


137! 


Kilkenny 




. 


57| 


Cloghnikelty • 


145 


Callen 




. 


65! 


Skibbereen 


160! 


Nine-Mile House 




> 


70| 


Baltimore . 


166| 



KILCULLEN, or KILCULLEN BRIDGE, a market 

and post town of Kildare, is seated upon the river Liffey, 
on the hills North of which Gen. Dundas defeated the 
Insurgents in 1798. The ancient Church to the left of 
the bridge, is that of New Abbey, built in 1460 by Sir 
Rowland Eustace ; his fine tomb in the Abbey Church 
was destroyed in 1784, when the Catholic Chapel at this 
place was built. This was the site of a monastery which 
dated from the introduction of Christianity, and was first 
governed by St. Hernin, a bishop of the fifth century. 
A lease of the abbey and its lands was granted in 1582 to 
the ingenious Edmund Spenser. In 1764 the steeple of 
New Abbey fell. These ruins give name to the modern 
mansion of New Abbey. An old Castle is also super- 
seded by its neighbouring seat called Castle -Martin. Kil- 
cullen has a neat Church, built in 1815, a Roman Catholic 
Chapel, a Dispensary, and a Fever Hospital. 

Fairs : six in a year. 

Nearly three miles beyond the bridge is Old Kilcullen, 
a town once fortified with a wall and seven gates, only one 
of which, with a handsome arch, is standing. Here also 

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76 DUBLIN TO BALTIMORE. 

are the ruins of an Abbey, with several antique vestiges : 
the shaft of a cross in a single block, 10 feet high; the 
pedestal of a second cross ; and an ancient Round Tower, 
now half its original height. Three miles beyond this 
deserted town is the ruin of Black Hall Castle. 

Seats : Giltown, SirE. Burrows, Bart.; Castle Fish ; 
Bally fax ; Calverstoivn : near which a tomb was opened, 
containing a sitting skeleton with an earthen urn or 
"bowl, as if for provisions ; this is supposed to have been a 
Danish chieftain. Bally shannon, Sir J. Palmer, Bart. 
Harristown. Sallymouni, the demesne of the Cramer 
family. Castle Martin, which was occupied during the 
insurrection of 1798 as a barrack. 

TIMOLIN, in Kildare : one mile before arrival at 
Timolin, we may inspect the beautiful village of Balytore^ 
possessing the unusual accompaniment of orchards and 
gardens. Quakers settled this rural site on the banks 
of the river Griss or Greece, and as in other Quakers' and 
Moravian settlements in this kingdom, they studied the 
neat improvements of hedge-row avenues rising out of 
well-trimmed quickset fences, and surrounded their com- 
fortable cottages with fruits and flowers. Here the elo- 
quent Burke acquired the rudiments of learning. Baly- 
tore was partially burnt by the king's forces in 1798. 
Timolin church is on a height to the left. At Timolin is 
the ruin of an ancient Castle : a nunnery also was founded 
here in 1200. The ruins of Moone Abbey adjoin to 
Moone, a seat on the opposite bank of the Griss. Timolin 
has a good Inn. 

Seats : the Earl of Aldborough's house and charming 
demesne Belan is two miles farther. The Castle of Be- 
lan was destroyed by Cromwell. In the old mansion 
afterwards built, James II. and King William succes- 
sively slept ; their bed is preserved at Belan. The present 
house was built in 1743, and possesses a chapel, a theatre, 
and a green-house. Near it is a lake, as well as a spacious 
Inn. There are six avenues a mile in length, with 
porters' lodges at the terminations. Grangeford Castle 
ruin is on the other side of the high road. 

CASTLEDERMOT, in Kildare, formerly Tristle 
Dermot, or Disart Diarmuda, derived its name from St. 



DUBLIN TO BALTIMORE. 77 

Diermit, who founded the Priory here in 500. The Der- 

mots, kings of Leinster, had their residence in this 
ancient town, which was once strongly fortified. The 
Castle is now a ruin. There are some interesting antiqui- 
ties ; an ivy -clad Round Tower employed as a belfry to 
the Parish Church ; two crosses, on which are inscribed 
some ancient characters, and three small pillars. The 
ruined Abbey of Franciscans was founded by Gerald, 
Earl of Kildare, about 1250; and the Priory of Crouched 
Friars by Walter de Riddlesford in 1202. Parliaments 
were holden at Castledermot in the 14th and 15th cen- 
turies ; the house of Assembly became the chief Inn of 
the town. There was once a mint at this place, which 
is now however a town of little importance ; its Charter 
School was established in 1734. Castledermot is situated 
on the River Lane ; two miles farther, we enter the 
county of Carlow. At Gi*any, one mile and a half distant, 
are remains of a Nunnery, founded in 1200. 

Pop. 1336. 

Seats : Kilkea Castle, His Grace the Duke of Leinster. 
Two miles before arrival at Castledermot, leave to our 
right this ancient fortress, which was formerly of great 
strength. It is a modernized residence, and from its 
walls the noble proprietor commands the view of a rich 
landscape across the Griss river. Burton Hall is seated 
close to a stream which separates Kildare from Carlow: 
the park contains 200 acres, and the beautiful avenue 
extends a mile in length ; the gardens are adorned with 
some fine statues. 

CARLOW is an assize, market, and post town, and 
gives name to the county. It is seated on the navigable 
River Barrow, which affords an easy conveyance for Kil- 
kenny coal to various parts of the vicinity. The county- 
town is governed by a Sovereign : it has a very cheerful 
aspect ; all the way to Castledermot or to Leighlin Bridge 
we remark the pleasant villas and white-fronted farm- 
houses of the spirited cultivators, who are rapidly im- 
proving the agriculture of this district. The prospects 
south of Carlow are picturesque and diversified ; the valley 
is of great width, but is bounded on each side by moun- 
tains and woodland*. The Blaekstairs Hills are more 

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78 DUBLIN TO BALTIMORE. 

rugged and less shaded by forest than the other moun- 
tains, which are occasionally planted nearly to the summit. 
The coarse woollens of the Carlow manufactures occasion 
some activity and attention to commerce, for which the 
town has natural advantages. 

Carlow has a Court-house, a Barrack for cavalry, and 
an extensive Roman-Catholic College. The dilapidated 
Castle, so long a prominent feature of this town, on a late 
attempt to render it habitable, fell suddenly to the ground, 
and but little is left of it ; the site was a height com- 
manding the channel of the Barrow ; whence its ancient 
name of Catherlough, the Castle of the Lough ; it was an 
important bulwark of the old English Pale. Catherlough 
was built by King John when commanding in Ireland ; 
the historical anecdotes of its numerous sieges are inter- 
esting. It surrendered to General Ireton in 1650. In 
the last insurrection Carlow was attempted to be sur- 
prised before day -break ; a vigorous defence was made, 
and nearly 500 of the Insurgents fell in the action. The 
Church is ancient, and adjoins the Abbey, founded in the 
7th century. Carlow also possesses Meeting Houses, a 
Roman- Catholic Chapel, a Military Hospital, a Magdalen 
Asylum, an Assembly Room, and a News Room. This 
borough returns one member to parliament. 

At Kellystown, 5 miles S.E. of Carlow, are remains of 
a Tower and Church, both of which are said to have 
been founded by St. Patrick. 

Pop. 10,200. Markets : Monday and Thursday. Fairs : 
May 4, June 22, Aug. 26, and Nov. 8. Inns : The King's 
Arms; Wheatsheaf; The Yellow Lion. 

Seats: Bellmont; SpringJiill; Oak Park Staples- 
town, a splendid mansion on the Burrin stream. Browne 
Hill, one mile distant. Viewmount, near Browne Hill. 
Bonis Castle, 12 miles S. of Carlow, is the seat of the 
Kavannagh family, and is the noblest mansion in the 
county of Carlow. It was built from designs by Messrs. 
Morrisons, and is a fine imitation of the style of archi- 
tecture prevalent in the 16th century. 

LEIGHLIN BRIDGE is a flourishing market and 
post town in the county of Carlow, on the banks of the 
Barrow, over which is a bridge of nine arches, built in 



DUBLIN TO BALTIMORE. 79 

1320. One of the old ruins is a Monastery of White 
Friars, founded by one of the family of Carew. The 
towers and battlements of the Black Castle, which extend 
along the Barrow, have a very imposing appearance : 
this was a stronghold of the powerful De Lacys. Leigh- 
lin has a Church situated on the W. bank of the river, 
and two Roman-Catholic Chapels. The churchyard com- 
mands a fine view. 

Bally Ellen, F enough, Ballylaghan, Garryh addon, Bal- 
lymorn, and Clonmore, are all of them ancient Castles in 
this district, but at considerable distances ; they evince 
the warlike posture of the ancient lords. A still more 
important place is the City of Old Leighlin, now consist- 
ing of only a few dwellings in a valley of the neighbouring 
mountain ; its celebrated church was founded in 632 : thus 
the Bishop's See is of early date ; the cathedral church 
was burnt by lightning in 1060. There is at present a 
small cathedral, so called, in tolerable repair; although 
the Abbey of Old Leighlin, to which it is attached, is a 
ruin. This monastery was founded by St. Gobhan, and 
acquired a character of sanctity in early times ; its legend- 
ary history is curious. Near this is the Well of St. 
Lafarien, much celebrated amongst the country people, 
with a cross near its brink. Leighlin was incorporated 
with the See of Ferns in 1600. 

Pop. 2000. Inn : The Swan. Fairs : Easter Monday, 
May 14, Sept. 25, and Dec. 27. 

Seats: Fonthill ; Killinane. Also Clogrennan Lodge, 
of which the sweetly-wooded uplands render it a charming 
demesne ; inspect this seat before you arrive at Leighlin 
Bridge. 

Royal Oak, between Leighlin Bridge and Kilkenny, is 
the name of a pleasant village with an excellent Inn. 
There are extensive Flour Mills in this neighbourhood. 

KILKENNY, a city, assize, and market town, in the 
county of the same name, is esteemed to be the pleasantest 
town in Ireland ; its handsome bridges of hewn stone 
stretch across the River Nore. The town is built on two 
hills, from which the obsolete distinction of the Irish and 
the English town. Kilkenny College was endowed in 



80 DUBLIN TO BALTIMORE. 

1682 by the Duke of Ormond, but tbe date of the present 
edifice is 1784 ; the number of students is 70. There is 
also a Free School for 60 boys. The Female Asylum is 
for 20 poor householders, allowed ten pounds a year each. 
In the Irish town or St. Canice, is the Gothic Cathedral, 
commenced in 1202, and completed in 1252. It is 226 
feet in length, and is in the form of a cross. Columns of 
black marble separate the nave from the side aisles, and in 
the centre, where the nave and transept join, is a fine 
arch. The tomb of Nicholas Smyth, Bishop of Ossory, 
murdered by James Dallard, is of a single block of marble. 
The choir is beautiful and the interior tastefully decorated. 
The Round Tower on the S. side is in good preservation, 
and there is a good view from the terrace in the church- 
yard. The Palace of the Bishop is a commodious and 
elegant residence ; it has a communication by a covered 
gallery with the Cathedral. There are also two parish 
Churches, St. John's in St. John's Street, modernized in 
1817, having formerly belonged to the Abbey of St. John ; 
and St. Mary's in High Street ; besides several Roman- 
Catholic Chapels and Meeting Houses. 

The Court House is a handsome edifice, erected by 
Mr. Robertson on the site of an old building called Grace's 
Castle. Near the Tholsel there was formerly a handsome 
Gothic Cross, similar to that of Coventry. Kilkenny 
possesses all the public buildings appropriate to a city; 
and of its fortifications there are still to be seen part of 
the walls, and the gates. The Market Place is spacious, 
and there are Infantry Barracks, a Theatre, the City 
Gaol, the County Gaol, a Fever Hospital, a House of 
Correction, and a Mendicity Asylum. 

The Priory of St. John was founded in 1211 by Wm. 
Mareschal the elder, Earl of Pembroke ; it contains the 
marble tomb and effigies of Prior Purcell. This Priory, 
along with the other religious houses, was granted to the 
citizens by Henry VIII. The Black Abbey, founded by 
Wm. Mareschal the younger, Earl of Pembroke, is a finer 
ruin than any of the rest. Its noble founder was interred 
in it in 1231, as was his brother Richard Mareschal, who 
received a mortal wound at the battle of the Curragh of 



DUBLIN TO BALTIMORE. gi 

Kildare in 1234. A tomb with a recumbent figure is 
remarkable in its church, and near it is a font or vase, 
with several ancient characters carved round the border. 
The architectural embellishments of Black Abbey, situated 
in Irish town, were superb and costly. 

The monastery of St. Francis, a light and elegant 
structure, of which the Tower is the principal vestige, is 
said to have many superb monuments covered by the 
ruins. The Court of this Franciscan house was converted 
into cavalry barracks ; and foot soldiers were quartered in 
St. John's Priory : the latter is now an asylum for de- 
cayed servants. 

The chalybeate and sulphureous spring, about one mile 
and a half from the city, is in great esteem with medical 
professors. The Kilkenny marble is a material which 
adorns the private buildings in all the chief streets ; they 
are handsome, and one of them is above a mile long. 
The marble mills for sawing and polishing are near the 
main quarry, at a mile out of town, and situated by the 
river side. The Kilkenny coal is well known ; its repu- 
tation is mixed, some being thought dangerous by its 
vapour, and some of an excellent quality and of a brilliant 
flame. According to the proverb, Kilkenny boasts — fire 
without smoke, water without mud, air without fog, and 
streets paved with marble. The editor has heard many 
Irish gentlemen declare they had no fogs in their counties, 
but has experienced many dense fogs arising from moun- 
tain and lake. The thick white fog is, however, seldom 
known. This town has a manufacture of woollens and 
excellent blankets. The shaded public walks form a most 
agreeable appurtenance to this delightful place. 

Pop. 28,200. Fairs: Mar. 5, 28, Thursday after Tri- 
nity Sunday, Aug. 17, Sept. 12, Oct. 11, Nov. 9. Inns: 
The King's Arms, Bush, Eagle, Wheatsheaf, The Hiber- 
nian Hotel. 

Seats: Ormond Castle, in Kilkenny, was first con- 
structed in 1192, upon the precipitous bank of the rapid 
Nore ; its entrance Towers are of unequal magnitude at 
each side of the gate. The Castle has undergone several 
later reparations, and its apartments are well worthy of 
inspection. Tn the Presence Chamber is a picture by 



82 DUBLIN TO BALTIMORE, 

Vandyck, and the Gallery contains a great many por« 
traits. Several of the rooms command fine views. On 
the opposite side of the road, the stables of this ancient 
mansion form a grand appearance. Three miles from 
town are seen the ruins of Dunmore Palace, belonging to 
the same family, and surrounded by fine woods. 

Kilreen, Sir W. Montmorency; Castle Blunden, Sir 
John Blunden ; Teina Park, near to which see the ruin 
of Castle Inch. Another ruin, Ballybur Castle, is three 
miles beyond Kilkenny ; a mile farther, Farmly and 
Ballymack. 

CALLEN is a market and post town of Kilkenny, 
seated upon the King's River. It was once populous, 
but never flourished since Cromwell's assault upon it ; he 
destroyed all the buildings and the three castles. The 
Tower of the Augustine Abbey, founded about 1450 by 
the Ormond family still remains. The Rath near Callen 
is of large dimension, and is 40 feet in height. The 
Church Tower is mantled with ivy. Here are two com- 
modious Chapels, a School on the Lancaster plan, and a 
Town Dispensary. 

Pop. 5678. Market Days: Tuesday and Saturday. 
Many well-appointed Inns and Hotels. Fairs: July 10, 
Aug. 21, Oct. 10. 

Seats: A mile and a half before arrival at Callen, is 
Desart, Lord Desart's, a beautiful house with very de- 
lightful grounds, on the right hand. See near this the 
ruin of Eve Castle. Westcourt ; Garryricken, three miles 
beyond the town. 

NINE-MILE HOUSE, on the confines of Kilkenny 
and Tipperary. Four miles beyond this, view Kilcash, 
a handsome mansion. Kilcash Hill enjoys a noble pro- 
spect with Slievenaman to the right. Half a mile farther 
is the village of Ballypatrick, and two miles beyond it, 
see Ballyglashin Castle. 

CLONMELL, the county town of Tipperary, is a 
handsome place, with three bridges across the broad and 
navigable River Suir. Its trade with Waterford, parti- 
cularly in provisions and corn, is very great, and the 
lands in its vicinity are fertile and rich. In 1269 the 
Dominican Friary was founded here, and at the same 



DUBLIN TO BALTIMORE* 83 

time Otho de Grandison founded the Franciscan monas- 
tery ; its church afterwards became a place of worship of 
the Dissenters. The town suffered greatly from Crom- 
well's army. Amongst the public buildings are the 
Church in Mary Street, the Court House, the Market 
House, the County Gaol, the House of Industry, about a 
quarter of a mile distant, the Fever Hospital, the Dis- 
pensary, the Artillery and Foot Barracks, and the Butter 
Market. There are also Roman-Catholic Chapels, Meet- 
ing Houses, Schools, a Commercial Room, and a News 
Room. The manufactures are considerable, both in 
woollens and cottons. In one of its long regular-built 
streets may be seen the house in which Laurence Sterne 
was born, a clergyman who was the Abbe Scarron of 
Ireland, a lasting satire upon his cloth, whose facetious 
pen widely diverged from the appropriate style of a com- 
poser of sermons, yet whose sermons are a model hi his 
peculiar manner, and attracted crowded congregations to 
Hampstead church, near London. Sterne embodied the 
comic diction and cunning genius of his compatriots ; this 
kingdom truly appears " native to famous wits." Clon- 
mell returns a member to parliament. 

Pop. 15,590. Fairs: First Wednesday of each month, 
May 5, Nov. 5. Inns : the Mail Coach, the Globe, Or- 
mond's, the Spread Eagle. 

Seats: Three miles before arrival at Clonmell, is 
Kilmore ; Neivtown. Sir T. Osborne. Within one mile of 
the town, a Charter School, near which is Chancellors 
Town. Three miles beyond the town, see the splendid 
mansion and grounds of Knocklofty, Earl of Donough- 
more. Two miles further is the ruin of Ballindinny 
Castle. 

ARDFINNAN, in Tipperary, is a pleasant and an- 
cient village, with a bridge of 14 arches over the Suir. 
Of two castles in ruin, one built in 1184 by King John, 
upon a bold precipice by the river, commanded the town. 
It was battered by Cromwell, and made uninhabitable. 
The Abbey was founded in 700 by St. Finian. Two 
miles from the town see Castle Grace Church. 

CLOGHEEN is a small market and post town in 
Tipperary, carrying on a large trade in corn. Here the 



84 DUBLIN TO BALTIMORE. 

traveller arrives at the foot of the bleak summits of 
Knockmeledown Mountain, where a small torrent directs 
its course in search of the River Suir. The barriers of 
the Galtees and other great hills bound the prospect. 
The parish church of Clogheen has been newly built, one 
mile West of the town. The Roman Catholic Chapel 
was built in 1740. Here are Barracks for two troops 
of cavalry ; also a Fever Hospital. At Clogheen you can 
take the road either of Carrick or Lismore. The mount 
or fairy ring of Kilshielan is to be seen near this. 

Pop. 1633. Inns : the Globe Tavern, and M'Craith's. 
Fairs: Whit Tuesday, Aug. 1, Oct. 28, and Dec. 12. 

Seats: Shanbally, the charming villa of Viscount 
Lismore, is near the old church of Shanrahany, at a 
short distance from Clogheen. At Skeheewrinky is a 
cavern, which is entered by a cleft in a rock. It contains 
a natural -vaulted chamber, 100 feet long and 70 high ; 
and lateral passages conduct through recesses of the earth, 
in which are stones, spars, and stalactical pillars. 

BALLYPOREEN, in Tipperary, is a large village 
three miles beyond Clogheen. At a mile beyond this 
leave the Mitchelstown road to the right, and in another 
mile enter the county of Cork. 

KILWORTH, a market and post town in the county 
of Cork, is a flourishing place near the river Funcheon, 
noted for its excellent salmon and trout ; the Kilworth 
hills are a romantic range. The Church is a fine old 
building, and at some distance from the town is a modern 
Roman -Catholic Chapel. Here are some good flax mills. 

Pop. 1963. Market-day: Friday. Fairs: six annu- 
ally. 

Seats : Near Kilworth is Moore Park, the chief seat 
of the Earl of Mountcashell. This is an embellished 
mansion ; and close to the park-grounds the ruin of 
Cloughleagli Castle has its gloomy site on a precipice by 
the river side. 

FERMOY, a market and post town in the county of 
Cork, is seated on the Blackwater River. Its bridge has 
thirteen arches, and is very beautifully enveloped in ivy. 
The ancient hamlet was the site of a Cistercian Abbey, but 
was an obscure place forty years ago. The modern town, 



DUBLIN TO BALTIMORE. 86 

consisting of four handsome streets, crossing each other 
at right angles, was projected and completed by Mr. 
Anderson, the patriotic contractor for the first southern 
mail-coach establishment. The Artillery Barracks form 
a handsome quadrangle ; and, north of the Blackwater, 
are the New Barracks, occupying twelve acres, enclosed 
by a wall, and a drawbridge. On the hill in this town, 
opposite the Market House, is a well-built Church, and 
Tower of some architectural elegance. Fermoy also pos- 
sesses a Roman- Catholic Chapel, built in 1811, a Brew- 
house, Paper Mills, Coach Manufactory, and a Manufac- 
tory for Farming Implements ; a handsome Court House, 
an endowed School House, and a Military Hospital. As 
a manufacturing place, Fermoy bids fair to arrive at a 
great degree of prosperity,, through the zealous exertions 
of Mr. Anderson, the proprietor. It is in an important 
situation, for its numerous good roads to large towns ren- 
der it a central stage for commercial travellers and tourists. 

In the vicinity, see the ruins of Creg Castle, Ballymac- 
patricJc, and Carrickabrick Castles. On the high lands are 
various Druidical altars, erected by the chief Druid Mo- 
gruith, to whom Fermoy was granted in 524, as a posses- 
sion dedicated to the Druidical worship, and those upright 
stones marked the boundary of this sacred tract called 
Magh Feme ; the Druids occupying it were named Fear 
Magh Feine (Men of the Sacred Plain), modernized into 
Fermoy. 

Pop, 6702. Inns : the New Inn, the King's Arms. 
Fairs: June 21, Aug. 20, Nov. 7« 

Seats : Castle Hyde, on the bank of the Blackwater. 
Convamore, the seat of Lord Ennismore, at some dis- 
tance towards Mallow. This mansion contains a fine 
collection of pictures. 

RATHCORMUCK, in Cork, is a neat town on the 
River Bride, with a Market House, a Church, and a 
Roman-Catholic Chapel. Here is a beautiful mansion 
belonging to Lord Riversdale, with some other gentlemen's 
seats. But the mountains and antiquities form still more 
interesting objects; the great range of Cairn Tierna, the 
Thane^s Heap, is on the north, a mountain named from 
one of those justiciary heaps, whether of stones as in this 



86 DUBLIN TO BALTIMORE. 

instance, or earthen raths, upon which the chiefs and 
their tribes assembled in high and conspicuous spots. 
Visit also the Hag's Bed or Labacally Tomb, a stupen- 
dous monumental vault, formed of immense stones, of the 
dimensions of which Stonehenge alone can give the 
stranger an idea ; also the ruin of Glanmire Castle, 
where stood an ancient Abbey; and the ruins of Mount- 
Catherine, which are three miles beyond Rathcormuck. 

Pop. 1559. Fairs: Aug. 12, Oct. 29. Inn; the Ri- 
versdale Arms. 

About four miles beyond Rathcormuck is the village of 
W atergrass Hill, said to stand on the highest cultivated 
ground in Ireland. It commands fine prospects. 

CORK, the capital of the county of the same name, is 
the second city of Ireland in point of magnitude, and the 
first as it respects commerce. It is a seaport on the S.E. 
coast, situated near the mouth of the Lea, over which there 
are numerous bridges : that called St. Patrick's is an 
elegant modern structure. This river divides, a short 
distance above Cork, into two branches, which again unit- 
ing, encircle a considerable portion of the city, formerly 
a swamp. Hence the ancient name of the city, Coreagh 
signifying a marsh, was derived. Cork was walled by the 
Danes and Ostmen in the 9th century, but was never 
strong, although it made some resistance to the Earl of 
Marlborough, who captured it in 1690. It is a corpora- 
tion town, governed by its Mayor, Aldermen, Burgesses, 
Sheriffs, and Recorder ; and returns two members to Par- 
liament, no other place except Dublin sending more than 
one. The county also returns two, as do the other counties 
of Ireland. 

The principal streets are spacious and well built, but 
those of ancient date are narrow and irregular. Many of 
the houses are fronted with blue slates, giving them a sin- 
gular appearance. On the Grand Parade is an equestrian 
statue of George II. Amongst the public buildings may 
be noticed the Exchange, erected in 1710 by an Italian 
architect, and adorned with Tuscan and Doric columns ; 
the Custom House, of hewn stone, with a pediment exhi- 
biting the arms of the United Kingdom ; the Barracks for 
Infantry and Cavalry to the N.E. of the city ; the Cham- 



DUBLIN TO BALTIMORE. 37 

ber of Commerce in Patrick Street ; the new City Gaol ; 
the County Gaol ; the Market House, near the Exchange ; 
the Commercial Rooms, the front of which is tastefully 
ornamented ; Daly's Club House, on the Grand Parade ; 
the Grand Parade Club House, in Tuckey Street ; and the 
Theatre, in George Street. The Mardyke Walk, on the W. 
side of the city, is a public promenade, about a mile long. 
Cork is a Bishop's See. The Cathedral, dedicated to St. 
Finn Barr, is situated on an eminence, and has a lofty 
but inelegant spire. There are also several other Churches, 
Roman-Catholic Chapels, and Meeting Houses ; but none 
of them present any thing particularly entitled to notice. 

Amongst the charitable Institutions are the House of 
Industry, capable of accommodating 700 persons ; the 
Lunatic Asylum ; the House of Recovery from Fever ; 
the Magdalen Asylum ; the Foundling Hospital ; the 
Lying-in Hospital ; and numerous Schools. 

Cork possesses several establishments for the prosecu- 
tion of Literature and Science. The principal are the 
Royal Cork Literary Institution, to which are attached a 
library, a museum of minerals, a botanical garden, and a 
collection of agricultural implements ; the Society of Arts, 
established in 1815 ; the Minerva Reading Rooms ; the 
Cork Library Society ; and the Cork Literary and Scien- 
tific Institution. Barry the painter was a native of Cork. 

The ancient Abbeys have been employed as building 
materials for the modern city; they are however of 
historic celebrity ; in the Abbey of St. Barr, founded by 
that canonized saint in 606, seven hundred religious are 
related to have dwelt at one time ; it was, when re-built, 
named Gill Abbey, from its abbot's name, and was granted 
by Elizabeth to Sir Richard Greneville in 1541. Grey 
Abbey was built north of the city ; the Dominican Abbey 
of St. Mary of the Island once existed on Cross Green, 
south of the town. There are some remains of the 
Augustine Friary, founded in 1 420 by Lord Kinsale ; it is 
called Red Abbey, and has been converted into a Sugar Re- 
finery. St. Stephen's, an institution for the residence of 
Lepers, became the site of the Blue-coat Hospital. The 
nunnery of St. John the Baptist stood near the Market 

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88 DUBLIN TO BALTIMORE. 

House. The residence of the Bishop of Cork is at 
Ballinaspeg, three miles out of town. 

Cork carries on an extensive trade, particularly in the 
export of superior linens, hides, tallow, butter, beef, 
pork, cattle, sheep, pigs, corn, ilour, and bacon. It also 
imports grocery, earthenware, ironmongery, cloth, coals, 
wines, brandy, oil, rum, sugar, flax seed, timber, tar, and 
turpentine. The chief manufactures are paper, glass, 
leather, glue, sailcloth, coarse cloths, and whisky. The 
Markets are abundantly supplied ; indeed there is a pro- 
fusion of fish, poultry, meat, butter, and vegetables. 

Cove, or, as it is usually called, the Cove of Cork, is 
situated seven miles from the city, in Great Island, which 
is about four miles in length and two in breadth. Its 
situation for commerce is excellent, as vessels of the 
largest size can here unload, and the security of the 
haven renders it an important naval station. The har- 
bour is formed by Great Island, and a bay of the opposite 
coast, and is capable of sheltering an immense number of 
vessels. 

The population of Great Island amounts to 10,000, 
about half of whom, consisting principally of seafaring 
men, pilots, and fishermen, reside in Cove. Near the 
town is a Battery, consisting of three tiers of guns, one 
of them being a Jleur tfeau, and above it are Barracks. 
The Channel is also defended by Carlisle Fort. The 
shores of the island are studded with villas, and the 
fishing banks off the coast yield a fine produce. An ex- 
cursion by boats among the islands of Cork Harbour, 
will afford beautiful and diversified prospects. On 
the opposite side of the river is Passage, from which 
the distance to Cork by the southern road along the 
harbour is six miles. 

The Environs of Cork present several objects of atten- 
tion. Blackrock, situated on a peninsula of the Lea, 
three miles from Cork, abounds with villas. Blarney 
Castle, three miles distant, is situated on a rock ; it was 
besieged and taken by William III. in the war of the 
Revolution. Ballyvelly Castle commands the North chan- 
nel formed by Cove Island. In Barrymore Island is a 



DUBLIN TO BALTIMORE. 89 

stratum of limestone, found nowhere on the shore of the 
harbour. The Giant's Stairs, a natural production, at- 
tract the curious visiter to Cove Island. Carigrohan 
Castle is built on a precipice above the river Lea. At 
Ballyvacadane, four miles distant, are the remains of an 
Abbey. Morikstown Castle occupies the summit of a 
hill overgrown with trees and shrubs. Glanmire, five 
miles distant, is a charming village, situated in a beautiful 
glen on a narrow arm of the sea. It commands an ex- 
tensive prospect. 

Seats: Rostellan Castle, the Marquess of Thomond, 
surrounded by stately timber. Cork Beg, belonging to 
the Fitzgerald family ; near it, ruins of an ancient Abbey. 
Pop. 100,658. Market-days : Wednesday and Satur- 
day. Fairs: Trinity Monday, Oct. 1. Hotels: Best's; 
Day's; Flynn's; Rawlinson's; Commercial; Chamber of 
Commerce; Conway's; Skibbereen and Dublin. 

BANDON is a market and post town in Cork, upon the 
River Bandon. It has manufactories of cotton and cam- 
blets ; and is a borough returning a member to parliament. 
The Duke of Devonshire is the chief proprietor. The 
town of Bandon was built in 1610 by the Earl of Cork, 
who erected two Churches and two handsome Market 
Houses, and surrounded it with walls; the latter were 
destroyed in 1689. Near it is a noted chalybeate spring, 
and Dundarene Castle. Military are regularly quartered 
in the Barracks of this town. 

The cotton spinning, corduroy, and linen manufacture 
is extensive. Here are a Dispensary, an Hospital, several 
important Schools, two Roman-Catholic Chapels, and 
several Dissenters' Meeting Houses. In the Wesleyan 
congregation's Chapel is an excellent Organ. A Savings' 
Bank is established here. 

Seats: Castle Bernard, Lord Bandon (whose family 
name is Bernard.) This fine mansion has two Corinthian 
fronts of Portland stone. 

Pop. 10,179. Inns: the Devonshire Arms ; the Shan- 
non Arms. Fairs : four are held annually. 

Innishonan is a manufacturing town, having a good 
Charter School. It is seated on the Bandon River, upon 
a roada little to the left of the shortest line from Cork to 

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90 DUBLIN TO BALTIMORE, 

Bandon, and three miles from the latter town. Innis- 
honan communicates by the Bandon river with Kingsale. 
This district is very mountainous. Pop. 336. 

CLOGHNAKILTY, in Cork, is an ancient borough 
now disfranchised, but carries on an important trade in 
the manufacture of linen. Its bay is rendered nearly use- 
less by being choked up with sands. It has a good Church 
in an elevated situation ; a Roman-Catholic Chapel, 
a Meeting House, a Dispensary, and a Market House. 

At Temple Brian, one mile to the N.E., are vestiges of 
a heathen temple. Above four miles S.E. is Timoleague 
Castle, and an ancient abbey for Augustine monks founded 
in 1350; the tombs and the holy well are worthy of 
inspection. The promontory at the south point of this 
bay is hollowed out by the sea into various extensive 
caverns ; it is called Galley Head, and its S.W. coast 
turns inland to Ross Bay, which is filled with sands. 

Pop. 4033. Fairs: April 6, June 30, Aug. 1, Oct. 10, 
Nov. 12. 

Ross is situated upon the coast in Cork, 7 miles from 
Cloghnakilty. This is the seat of a bishopric, united with 
the see of Cork in 1586. The Cathedral was founded 
in the 6th century by St. Fachnan ; it is of Gothic archi- 
tecture, and although small, cannot fail to excite the 
interest of the traveller who reflects that this place was 
an early school for divinity, and an university of great 
resort. The sea flows up to the wall of the cemetery, 
which is planted with trees ; the square steeple has battle- 
ments, and there are large vaults or subterranean cham- 
bers adjoining to the cathedral. There is a barrack in 
this town, which is often called Ross Carbery. A mile 
from the town are two pits eighty yards deep, called East 
and West Pooladuff; the sea is observed to enter them by 
some cavern, although the cliff is 300 yards distant. Ross 
is situated upon a road from Cloghnakilty to Skibbereen, 
but there is another road to the right which does not pass 
through Ross. The River Rory flows toward the sea at a 
short distance from the town. 

Seat : Castle Freke, the mansion of Lord Carbery, a 
handsome building in the castellated style. 

SKIBBEREEN is a populous market and post town of 



DUBLIN TO BANNOW. 01 

Cork, upon the River Hen. It is the residence of a col- 
lector and other officers of Baltimore Harbour ; the linen 
manufactures and cloths of Skibbereen have long been a 
considerable object of trade. The Church is on the West 
side of the river. There are also a Roman-Catholic 
Chapel, a Dispensary, several Charity Schools and a 
Sessions' House, as well as two Flour -mills and a Brewery. 
Abbey Throwry, near this town, was a priory, long used 
as a church, but now in ruins. About four miles distant, 
is the pleasant village of Castle Townshend, situated on 
Glandore Harbour, and occupied by opulent persons. 

Seat : New Court, Lord Riversdale. Pop. 4803. 

BALTIMORE, in Cork, is seated upon an excellent 
Harbour, and is a Port, having an establishment of the 
Customs, the chief officers residing at Skibbereen. It is a 
disfranchised borough, and was once a nourishing place : 
in 1631 it was plundered by Algerine pirates, and did not 
again recover its opulence. Here are vestiges of many 
strong castles, and the vicinity is rude and romantic. 
In one of the large Islands which lie at the mouth of this 
fine port is Cape Clear, or Dunanore Castle, in tolerable 
preservation ; Cape Clear is the southernmost point of 
Ireland. Pop. 146. 



No. 27. From Dublin to BANNOW. Through Ark- 
low, Kyle, and Wexford. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles* 

Wexford*, as at No. 203. . 66.J Duncormack . . . 76| 
Baldwin's Town . . 7^ Bannow .... 80 J 

BALDWIN'S TOWN is a village of the county of 
Wexford. 

DUNCORMACK is a village situated on a bay of the 
Wexford coast. 

BANNOW, formerly a borough town, is situated on 
the east bank of the channel of Bannow Bay, at the head 
of which is the town of Clonmines. Earl Strongbow 
effected his landing at this place. 

The Saltees are small islands and rocks situated off this 
coast in Ballyteig Bay. St. Patricks Stepping-stones 
are rocks lying between the Saltee Islands and the coast. 



92 DUBLIN TO BANTRY. 

The River Banno flows into the Bay of the same name. 
The Scare ferry is occasionally fordable, hut is generally 
passed in the ferry-boat. It is believed that silver mines 
were once worked to advantage by the Ostmen in this 
district ; there are the appearances of a mine near the 
River Banno at Barrastown. 



No. 28. From Dublin to BANTRY. Through Kil- 
kenny, Cork, and Bandon. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Bandon*, as at No. 26. . 137J D unman-way . . . 151 
Iniskeane * 144J Bantry .... 1641 

Desart Church, in Cork, is five miles beyond Bandon. 

INISKEANE, in Cork, is a village on the River Ban- 
don, which divides it into two parts. On the north is 
Kineigh or Kenith Round Tower, 70 feet high ; the 
first story is a hexagon, above which are five stories, all 
of them round ; this hexagonal basement is a singularity 
in the construction of such towers. It is 124 feet from 
the ruins of the church. 

DUNMANWAY, in Cork. The linen manufacture 
was established here by Sir Richard Cox, who had a 
handsome residence, adorned with fine avenues. Here is 
a Charter School. Dunmanway Town is in a pleasant 
valley on the banks of the Bandon River, a few miles 
from its sources ; hills surround the town, and a mile 
north is a long barrier of rugged rocks ; in one place a 
yew grows from a fissure of the rock, with a stem 17 feet 
in circumference. Kilbarry Church ruins are a mile and 
a half beyond this town. Pop. 5000. 

Dromaleague is a village on the road to Bantry. It is 
five miles beyond Dunmanway. The barony of Bantry 
is sterile and mountainous. 

BANTRY is a market, post, and seaport town, situ- 
ated at the head of Bantry Bay ; a fine harbour, which 
could contain the British navy, and sheltered by high 
mountains. There are no remains of its Franciscan 
Abbey. Ireton built a fort farther north, and the inha- 
bitants quitted Bantry to build the New Town under its 



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protection, but the fort is demolished, and the site aban- 
doned. The Bay is skirted by Hungery Hill, a barren 
mountain, sixteen miles from Bantry : this hill slopes 
rapidly towards the shore, and from a lake on its summit 
descends a cataract of great height. 

In the beautiful island of Whiddy, near Bantry town, 
there is a fine green hill, surmounted by a fort, in which 
a part of the military are stationed ; the bay is sur- 
rounded by the most romantic scenery, and the small 
Bay of Glengariffis truly picturesque. In 1689 Admiral 
Herbert defeated and captured a French fleet near Ban- 
try, and in 1786 a French fleet, with an army under 
Hoche, was overtaken by a storm near this harbour, and 
was wrecked or dispersed. 

The Linen Manufacture is carried on here with great 
spirit. Bantry has been recently embellished with a 
handsome Gothic Church, and it has also a Roman Ca- 
tholic Chapel, a Wesleyan Meeting House, a Roman- 
Catholic School, and a School House, for the education of 
the sons of Protestants. 

Pop. 4800. Inn : The Bantry Arms. Market-day : 
Saturday. A fair is held here monthly. 

Seat : Seacourt, the mansion of Lord Bantry, with 
delightful grounds, and a fine prospect of the Bay, skirted 
by a range of lofty mountains. 

Bearhaven is a village opposite to Bear Island, which 
lies in the mouth of Bantry Bay, and thereby forms two 
channels, one of which is called Bearhaven. Dunmanns 
Bay, with Mizen Head, are to the S. E. Crow Head is 
at the extremity of the deeply-indented Promontory 
which forms the opposite shore of Bantry Bay ; and Dur- 
say Island, to the west, has some remains of a Castle, 
beyond which are three high rocks, called Bull, Cow, and 
Calf. 



No. 29. From Dublin to BELFAST. First Road. 
Through Turvey, Drogheda, Dundalk, and 
Lisburn. 



Dublin Castle to Miles. 


Dublin Castle to 




Miles. 


Banbridge * as at No. 1. 60^ 


Lisburn 


» 


. 73 


Dromore . . .66 


Belfast 


# 


. 80 


Hillsborough , . 69| 









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DROMORE, in Down, is a retired town, built near 
the River Lagan, and surrounded by gently-swelling 
hills. It is the see of a Bishop, the Church here having 
been founded by St. Colman, as well as an Abbey, in the 
sixth century. The Cathedral, the Bishop's residence, 
the School House, and the Market House, which is built 
on arches, are the chief buildings. There are also several 
Meeting Houses, and a Roman Catholic Chapel. The 
large Rath, just beyond the town, on the ridge of a hill, 
(whence the names Drum Mor!) has from it a curious 
passage, hollowed down to the River. South of Dromore, 
on the road towards Banbridge, is a square Tower, now 
in a state of dilapidation. The Market Place is sur- 
rounded by neat white houses ; the Market and Fairs are 
brisk, and there is much traffic, both in linens and pro- 
visions. The bones of a large animal, together with fossil 
horns of the Moose Deer, measuring 14 feet 6 inches, 
have been dug up here. Pop* 1861. 

HILLSBOROUGH, in Down, is a beautiful modern 
town, built on the face of a hill ascending to the South. It 
is named after the Hill family, and it must be confessed 
that the handsome new buildings, the grand plantations 
of trees, and the general agricultural improvement of the 
finely cultivated environs, owe much of their beauty to 
the Marquess of Downshire. The Church is an elegant 
building, and is adorned with painted windows. It has 
an organ, a monument by Nollekens, in memory of Arch- 
deacon Leslie, and a ring of nine bells : a fine avenue 
conducts from the road to the Church door. In Hillsbo- 
rough Castle it has been customary to form a deposit of 
arms. At the top of the hill is a handsome Inn, the 
Downshire Arms ; and adjoining it is the elegant Market 
House, to the left of which is the gate of Lord Down- 
shire's Park. His Castle and woods are well worthy of 
inspection. Amidst the groves are numerous nests of 
cranes and rooks. The farmers and weavers in this dis- 
trict are industrious and intelligent, and receive great 
encouragement from the resident landlords. The villas of 
the gentry are charming, and the white-washed cottages 
of the farmers of Down assimilate in their neat exterior 
with those seen in the best parts of Scotland, whence the 



DUBLIN TO BELFAST. 95 

ancestors of a large portion of the people in the North of 
Ireland were imported by the Scottish Planters. The 
Maze Course is seen from the road a mile to the North of 
Hillsborough. 

Pop. 1428. Fairs : on the third Wednesday in Feb., 
May, Aug. Nov. Inns : the Corporation Arms ; the 
Downshire Arms. 

LISBURN, in Antrim, is a well-built post town, situ- 
ated upon the Lagan. It is a borough, returning a mem- 
ber to the Imperial Parliament. The damask cloths of 
the Lisburn manufacture, the cambrics, muslins, and 
linens, are of excellent quality, and highly celebrated. 
The Market Place is spacious, and the markets are well 
provided : the Market House occupies an angle near the 
Church, and the County Infirmary is in Castle Street. 
The Church at Lisburn has a large square Tower with a 
tapering spire ; it serves for a Cathedral of the see of 
Down and Connor. Lisburn has also a Catholic Chapel 
and several Meeting Houses. The dark-red houses are 
generally well built, and many of them are spacious. In 
the street descending to the bridge built on the South side 
of Lisburn, are the gardens of the noble proprietor : the 
Manorial House stands also in this street. The fostering 
patronage of the tenantry by the Hertford family has 
greatly contributed to the embellishment of this fine 
town, and the prosperity of all the adjacent district. 

The Old Town of Lisnegarvey was accidentally burnt, 
and Lisburn has risen on its site. The banks of the La- 
gan River are picturesque, and its winding valley is fer- 
tile, and much adorned; the elegant residences, the 
hedge-rows, the raised footpaths, and numerous woods 
and copses, render Down, as well as many parts of An- 
trim, a country which might rival the well-cultivated 
counties of the Sister Island. A long range of hills of 
great height is seen to the North, skirting the level road, 
with a continuous summit, which extends to Belfast, and 
encircles the basin occupied by that great town. The 
rich bleach -greens of Lisburn and of Lambeg, a pleasant 
village, with a pretty Church beyond it, on the Belfast 
side, together with the mansions of opulent linen mer- 
chants, here attract attention. Lisburn School is a 



96 DUBLIN TO BELFAST. 

celebrated establishment, and has long been frequented by 
the sons of the principal gentlemen of the neighbouring 
counties. In the vicinity is Ballydrahi, a pleasant house, 
near a small lake ; the Giant's Ring is an interesting 
Druidical monument, and near it is a Round Tower. 
Pop. 4684. Fairs: July 21, Oct. 5. Inns: the Hert- 
ford Arms ; the King's Arms. 

BELFAST is a seaport and post town of Antrim, 
situated near the entrance of the Lagan into Carrickfer- 
gus Lough. The aucient narrow bridge of twenty-one 
arches, at the mouth of the River, is 2560 feet in length, 
and the suburb named B ally macar ret, is entirely in the 
county of Down ; here are glasshouses, and at the foot of 
the bridge some salt-pans ; crossing this long bridge we 
enter Belfast. The commerce of this opulent town is ex- 
tensive, and the wealth and spirit of the inhabitants have 
been employed in its improvement. The Assembly 
Rooms ; the Commercial Buildings, where strangers are 
liberally permitted to read without any expense for eight 
days ; the Linen Hall, with an inclosed area, and an 
agreeable garden ; the Academical Institution, the splen- 
did ranges of private edifices, the new additions to the 
town, on an extensive and elegant scale, are all evi- 
dences of the rapid progress which Belfast is making, as 
one of the principal seats of trade, manufactures, and 
learning, in this kingdom. The Custom House is on the 
Quay, at the extremity of High Street ; and the Excise 
Office is situated in Donegall Square. The government 
of the town is vested in the Sovereign and twelve bur- 
gesses ; here are resident Magistrates, who attend daily to 
all business reported from the Police Office, in Rosemary 
Street, and the Commissioners of Police have also an 
office in Donegall Street. The proprietor of Belfast is 
the Marquess of Donegall, who is Lord of the Castle, of 
which he appoints a Constable. His son has the title of 
Earl of Belfast. The tenures are granted at the old 
rents, for long periods of time, by the levy of fines, a 
system which, although it depresses the rent-roll, is a 
great encouragement to the merchants and the specu- 
lators, in the magnificent enlargements of the town. 

The principal Church is St. Anne's, in Donegall 



DUBLIN TO BELFAST- gj 

Street, opposite to Church Street^ in which is situated a 
well-regulated Post Office. There are also several Meet- 
ing Houses, a Quaker's and a Methodist Meeting. At 
the rise of a gentle hill, forming the extremity of Done- 
gall Street, is a newly-erected Catholic Chapel. The 
Roman-Catholic Bishop resides in the town. Beyond 
this chapel is seen the Asylum, a convenient building, 
with every advantage for the health, exercise, and com- 
fort of aged men and women, and orphans. Belfast also 
possesses a Fever Hospital, a Dispensary, a House of 
Industry, and a House of Correction, the front of which 
is 236 feet, adjoining Henrietta Street. A Chamber of 
Commerce promotes the welfare of the mercantile in- 
terests ; the Exchange, built in 1770, by the Marquess of 
Donegall, stands at the angle of Donegall Street and 
North Street; above it is an assembly-room,. 60 feet in 
length. The North Quay, extending along the Carrick- 
fergus shore, is bordered by good warehouses ; ships of 
500 tons can lie alongside of it, and a crowd of vessels 
bound to London, Glasgow, New York, Liverpool, and of 
colliers for the supply of fuel from Greenock, and other 
Scottish ports, adds much to the variety and interest of 
this bustling scene. The most lamentable of all exports, 
that of a manly, active, and enterprising body of emi- 
grants, who quit Belfast every season for the United 
States, or for the British States of North America, creates 
a constant supply of large, well-equipped passage-ships. 

The advantage of the various Linen Halls, the success 
of this beneficial manufacture, and the spirit of the mer- 
chants generally, is best evinced by the great exports of 
commodities ; the provision trade in pork, beef, butter, 
&c, is considerable. The markets of Belfast are exten- 
sive, and are furnished with excellent meat and vege- 
tables ; the supply of turkeys is considerable ; of fish, 
salmon and mackarel are not frequently to be purchased. 
The effect of the contracts by English fishmongers for the 
salmon fisheries of this part of Ireland, is much seen in 
the advanced price which salmon bears in the native 
market. Rock-cod, soles, brills, and other excellent fish 
are, however, plentiful. Wheaten bread here supplies 
the place of the dry sweet oat-cake, which is elsewhere 
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98 DUBLIN TO BELFAST. 

the chief addition to potatoes, as the food of the la- 
bourer. 

The streets and squares of Belfast are of brick, and are 
well built, with copings, areas, iron railings, and all the 
accompaniments of the best style of town buildings ; Do- 
negall Place is wide and uniform. Four newspapers are 
printed at Belfast, and many useful and scientific works 
are also occasionally published here. The Professors of 
the Academical Institution are men of talent, well quali- 
fied to forward the interests of this flourishing college. 
The" Physicians of Belfast are also eminent, both for their 
professional and their literary acquirements. 

It is beyond our limits to enumerate all the Institu- 
tions, Sunday Schools, Charitable Foundations, Meeting 
Houses, and the numerous seats of the resident gentry, 
whose ornamental grounds give the appearance of a con- 
tinued park to the northern and other outlets of the 
town. The dark impending mountains which cast their 
long shadows over the shore of Belfast Bay, seem to limit 
the prospect from the town, but as their sides are culti- 
vated, and exhibit large mills, grand mansions, greens 
covered with linens, and long plantations, they have of 
themselves a compensating interest. 

About a mile from Belfast, near the road to Antrim, 
is Devis Mountain, the summit of which is about four 
miles distant. A mile beyond it is Cave Hill, a lofty 
mountain, surmounted by a mound, called M 'Art's Fort, 
whence there is a noble view, embracing the Lough of 
Belfast, Carrickfergus Castle, and the town of Belfast ; 
whilst on the opposite side are seen the hills of Down, 
and the shore of Bangor. 

Steam -boats go regularly to the Clyde, as well as to 
London. The Borough of Belfast returns a member to 
Parliament. 

Pop. 37,277? exclusive of a detachment of Infantry, 
who have commodious barracks. Inns : Sloane's, the 
Donegal Arms, in Castle Street ; Campbell's ; Linn's, or 
the White Cross, in Castle Street. Fairs: Aug. 12, 
Nov. 8. 



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No. 30. From Dublin* to BELFAST. Second Road. 
Through Ashborne, Drogheda, and Lisburn. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Finglass* ... 3 Banbridge, as at No. 1. . 60^ 

Ashborne .... 12 Belfast*, as at No. 29. . 80 

Drogheda* . . .23} 

ASHBORNE is a newly-erected village of Dublin ; it 
is the first stage upon the present Mail-coach route to 
Belfast, and has two excellent Inns. Close to Ashborne, 
on the left, is a single square Tower, of considerable alti- 
tude, and in tolerable repair, beyond which, in the dis- 
tance, is seen the village of Ratoath and its rath, with 
a table summit. This is a good road ; it leaves Garistown 
to the right, and passing by Duleek, joins the old Mail- 
coach road at Drogheda. 



No. 31. From Dublin to 


BELFAST. Third Road. 


Through Newry, 


Rat 


HFRILAND, and DOWNPA- 


TRICK. 






Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Dublin Castle to Miles, 


Newry*, as at No. 1. 


. 50i 


Killyleagb ... 80 


Rathfriland 


• 57£ 


Cross Roads of Killinehy . 84^ 


Castlewellan 


. 65 


Cumber .... 89 


Clough 


. 69 


Belfast* .... 96 


Downpatrick 


. 74 





RATHFRILAND, in Down, is a conspicuous town, 
seated on an eminence, on which four cross-roads meet. 
It has a Church, a Roman Catholic Chapel, and a Meet- 
ing House. Here also are the old walls of the Castle, 
built by the Magennis family, Lords of Iveach. Near 
four miles beyond the town is a Lough, and a mansion of 
Lord Downshire's, called Bally money. The spa at Tur- 
kellyswell, two miles distant, is a chalybeate, used in 
scrofulous complaints. The River Bann, with the fine 
bleach-greens on its banks, is seen winding through the 
valley south of Rathfriland. Pop. 1178. Fairs: Six 
annually. 

CASTLEWELLAN, in Down, is a well-built town, 

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100 DUBLIN TO BELFAST. 

with a good Market House, surmounted by an elegant 
belfry. Here are two Meeting Houses. The Church 
is at Kilmegan, nearly two miles distant. At Castle- 
wellan are some fine bleach -greens, and the linen manu- 
facture nourishes in this vicinity. All this part of 
Down exhibits good finger-posts, directing to each town 
and village. The Earl Annesley's richly-planted de- 
mesne and gardens are close to a fine Lake. 

Three miles from Castlewellan is the pleasant village of 
Newcastle, much frequented for bathing. 

CLOUGH is a large village in Down. The old Castle 
is in ruins ; it was built on an artificial mount, and has 
a deep surrounding moat. 

Seat : Mount Panther ; this fine mansion is to the 
right of Clough ; here also is a good prospect of the an- 
cient Castle of Dundrum. 

DOWN, or DOWNPATRICK, the county town of 
Down, is interesting, both from its antiquities, and from 
its situation on the southern branch of Lough Strang- 
ford. This city derives its name from St. Patrick, who 
here founded a celebrated Abbey, in which he was in- 
terred A.D. 493 ; St. Columb and St. Bridget were also 
buried here. The great Doone, or elevated rath, north 
of Downpatrick, is surrounded by three ramparts and 
terraces : its circumference is 2100 feet, and its height 
sixty feet ; and the tradition is, that a palace was built 
upon it. Adjoining the Abbey stood the Round Tower, 
which was 60 feet high ; it was taken down in 1790, and 
beneath it appeared the foundation of some former stone 
building. The west end of the Cathedral was enlarged on 
the removal of this tower : in the niches over the east win- 
dow it is said were once placed statues of the three great 
saints buried here ; this ancient edifice is on the side of 
the hill, and contains some large and curious pillars. 
The building was defaced by Lord Grey in 1538, but 
since repaired by Dean Daniel. Connor was united with 
the see of Down in 1442. The Town Hall is elegant 
and commodious ; near it are the Gaol, Barracks, and 
School House ; also the Church, rebuilt in 1735, Meeting 
Houses and Chapels. There are four principal streets. 

In Jnis Convey are the rulr-a of an Abbey, near to 



DUBLIN TO BELFAST, 101 

Coilbridge ; the Quoil quay is the port to this town, 
distant nearly a mile. The land is rich and fertile, and 
the Lough extremely beautiful, with some charming 
islands, well grown with wood. About a mile from the 
town is a good Race-course. St. Patrick's Well is greatly 
frequented as a holy well. Near Struel, a mile from the 
town, are the ruins of the Abbey of Saul, founded by St. 
Patrick. The borough returns a member to the United 
Parliament. 

Seats : Ballydugan House, and Hollymount. 

Pop. 4123. Fairs : second Thursday in Jan., Mar. 17, 
May 19, June 22, Oct. 29, Nov. 19. Inns : the Down- 
shire Arms ; the Savage Arms ; the Hope and Anchor. 

KILLYLEAGH, or KILLILEIGH, is a town of 
Down, built on a height close to Lough Strangford. It 
has a handsome Church, a Presbyterian Chapel, Barracks 
for the Militia of this county, a large Market House, and 
a Cotton Factory. KUlyleagh Castle, the seat of Archi- 
bald Hamilton Rowan, Esq., is an ancient and splendid 
mansion, surrounded by some large trees. The Hamilton 
family has long nourished here ; part of this town is the 
nropertv of Viscount Dufferin. It was the birth-place 
of Sir Hans Sloane. Pop. 1110. 

KILLINCHY, in Down, has a good parish Church 
and parsonage. It is seated on a high hill, and is but a 
small village. Russell's Inn furnishes good entertain- 
ment, and there is a line prospect of the circumjacent 
country. 

CUMBER, or COMBER, is a nourishing village in 
Down, situated near Lough Strangford. It has a Church, 
a Meeting House, a House of Industry, Flour Mills, and 
a Brewhouse. The linen manufacture is carried on here. 
The square and principal street have a respectable ap- 
pearance, but the outskirts consist of poor cottages. The 
old Castle of Mount Alexander was the seat of the Earls 
of that name. The Abbey of Cumber was built and 
endowed in 1199, by an ancestor of the O'Neils. This 
place is the property of the Marquess of Londonderry. 



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102 DUBLIN TO BIRR. 

No. 32, From Dublin to BIRR or PARSONSTOWN. 
Through Maystooth, Philipstown, and Eglish. 

Dublin Castle to Miles, Dublin Castle to Miles, 

Ballinagar * as at No. 99. 41 Ballyboy .... 56 

Killeigh* . . . 46| Eglish . . . . 61| 

Mountbolus . . . 53^ Birr, or Parsonstown . 65 

MOUNTBOLUS is in King's County. Four miles 
from it, on the Killeigh road, is the Church of Killurn. 
A mile before arriving at Mountbolus is a Lough, one 
mile in length, on the bank of which is the mansion of 
Mount Pleasant ; within half a mile of Mountbolus is 
Rathrobine, a good residence, and an ancient Castle. 
Beyond Mountbolus are several old ruins by the road 
side. 

BALLYBOY is a village and post station, in King's 
County, situated on the Silver River, issuing from 
Lough Anna, in the barony of Ballyboy : near it also is 
Pallas Lough, Killinany Castle is an ancient ruin on 
the shore of Lough Anna. This water divides the King's 
and Queen's Counties. This is a romantic, but gene- 
rally dreary and unprofitable district. Pop. 324. Fairs : 
May 4, Aug. 21, Dec. 6. 

EGLISH. Here is a handsome seat near the Church, 
and at Castle Eglish is a fine bleach-green. Eglish is a 
barony of King's County ; it is sequestered, and thinly 
peopled. 

BIRR, or PARSONSTOWN, a market and post 
town, near the verge of King's County, was formerly 
named after the family of Parsons, settled here. The 
Earl of Rosse is the proprietor of the town, and has an 
excellent castellated residence adjoining it. Birr is a 
commodious modern-built town, with regular streets ; in 
Duke's Square, on a Doric column 25 feet high, is a 
statue of the late Duke of Cumberland. The principal 
buildings are the Church, a handsome modern Gothic 
edifice, the Roman Catholic Chapel, in the same style of 
architecture, the Gaol, and the Market House. There are 
also several Meeting Houses, a Fever Hospital and Dis- 
pensary, and Schools. The Castle of the Parsons family 
was once besieged by the celebrated Sargneld ; it has been 



DUBLIN TO BRAY. j £ 

recently improved from designs by Mr. Johnston^ and is; 
now a commodious residence. There are some other strong 
fortresses, now dilapidated, in this neighbourhood, parti- 
cularly Leap Castle and Cangor Castle. At Parsons- 
town the roads to Burrlsakane and Shannon Bridge, 
cross the Birr River, and enter Tipperary. 

Pop. 5400. Inn : The King's Arms. Fairs : Feb. 
11, May 6, Aug. 25, and Dec. 10. 

Seat : Syngefield, a beautiful house, near the river 
side, one mile from Birr. 



No. 33. From Dublin to BRAY. First Road. 
Through Monkstown and Shangenagh. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Blackrock* ... 4 Shangenagh * . • .9 

Monkstown 5£ Bray* . . « ,11 
Killeny* .... 8 

Between Blackrock and Monkstown is Montpellier 
Castle, surrounded bv pleasing grounds. 

MONKSTOWN, in the county of Dublin. The 
Church is a plain stone building, erected in 1797* It 
belongs to the united parishes of Monkstown, Dalkey, 
and Killeny. Here is a fine seat, formerly belonging to 
Lord Ranelagh ; also a mansion, which was built on the 
site of a monastery, whence the name of Monkstown. 



No. 34. From Dublin to BRAY. Second Road. 
Through Blackrock, Rochestown, and Killeny. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles, 

Blackrock* . . .4 Killeny* . . .8 

Kill * . . . .5 Shangenagh * . . .9 

Rochestown . . .7 Bray* . . .11 

ROCHESTOWN, in the County of Dublin, has an 
obelisk, which was erected by the late J. Mapas, Esq. 
In the neighbourhood is Sea Point. Half a mile from 
Rochestown is the village of Cahmteely^ surrounded by 
some fine mansions. 



104 DUBLIN TO BURROS-A-LEIGH. 

No. 35. From Dublin to BULLOCK. Through Black- 
rock and Monkstown. 



Dublin Castle to 




Miles. 


Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Blackrock* . 


. 


. 4 


Bullock 


• 6| 


Monkstown * 


. 


• *k 







BULLOCK is a charming sea-bathing village, of the 
county of Dublin, and is much frequented in summer. 
On the cliff is a very ancient and picturesque Castle ; 
and in a delightful glen was lately to be seen a rocking- 
stone, or cromlech, supposed to have been placed in its 
position by Druids. 



No. 36. From Dublin to BURROS-A-LEIGH. 
Through Kildare and Maryborough. 

Dublin CasVe to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Rd^crea*, as at No. 3. . 59£ Burros- a-Leigh . . 78g 

Templemore . . .68 

TEMPLEMORE is a beautiful market and post 
town, in the county of Tipperary, which is highly cele- 
brated for its rich harvests. The neighbourhood of 
Templemore is particularly fertile and delightful. Tem- 
plemore Church has an elegant spire, a fine organ, and a 
painted window, the subject of which is The Crucifixion. 
Here is a capital glebe of 20 acres, a good parsonage- 
house and gardens. The School House has a square 
Tower ; it is on Erasmus Smyth's foundation, and 200 
children are taught in it. The Market House, in which 
the petty sessions are held, is a conspicuous ornament to 
this town, and the barracks are commodious. Here also 
is a ball-room and a news-room. 

Inn : the King's Arms. Fairs : May 17, June 28, 
Sept. 3, Oct. 21. 

Seat : the Priory, the delightful mansion of Sir 
Henry Garden, Bart., the owner of Templemore, is one 
mile from the town ; there are also many pleasant houses 
of opulent gentlemen in the neighbourhood. 

BURROS-A-LEIGH is a village of Tipperary, in the 
mountainous barony of Glankeen, The feeding of 



DUBLIN TO CARLINGFORD. 105 

cattle forms the chief employment of the inhabitants of 
these rugged hills. Hence a road conducts to Silver- 
mines. In the road to Nenagh, which is ten miles and 
three-quarters distant, are the ruins of Latragli Castle^ 
about four miles from Burros-a-leigh. Pop. 966. Fairs z 
June 9, Aug. 6. Nov. 27. 



No. 37. From Dublin to CALEDON. Through Ar- 
dee, Keady, and Tynan. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles* 

Drogheda*, as atNo. 1. . 23£ Tynan . . i .65 

Castle Blaney *,as at No. 7- 51^ Caledon . • 66% 
Keady* . . . . 58| 

TYNAN is a small post town, in the county of Ar- 
magh, having a handsome Church and spire. In the 
churchyard is a curious stone. Pop. 218. 

CALEDON, in Tyrone, is a post town, built near the 
Blackwater River. Fairs are held at Caledon almost 
every month. 

Seats :1 Caledon Hill, a fine mansion and demesne, 
the property of Lord Caledon ; Aghinnas, a delightful 
residence of Lord Belmore. 



No. 38. From Dublin to CARLINGFORD. Through 
Drogheda, Castle Bellingham, and Dundalk. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles 

Dundalk • as at No. 1. . 40§ Carlingford ♦ . . 52£ 

Beyond Dundalk the traveller crosses the river Flurry \ 
which abounds with trout and salmon. 

CARLINGFORD is a market and post town, in the 
county of Louth, situated on a bay three miles in length. 
The interior of the harbour is commodious and safe, but 
the entrance is rather dangerous, from rocks in the mid 
passage. The fishery is considerable, and the oysters of 
the Bay are much esteemed. This town is not large, 
but was an Irish borough previous to the Union ; 
its government is in a Sovereign. It has an ancient 



106 . DUBLIN TO CARLOW. 

Church, a Roman-Catholic Chapel, a Dispensary, and 
some antique ruins. On the south side of the town is 
a Monastery, founded by De Burgh, Earl of Ulster, in 
the beginning of the 14th century ; it was granted in 
perpetuity to Nicholas Bagnel, without any quit rent 
reserved ; it is quite in a ruinous condition. 

Carlingford Castle, built in 1210, by King John, occu- 
pies a bold and commanding site, on a rock projecting into 
the harbour; the remaining walls are of surprising 
solidity, being 1 1 feet thick. There are many vestiges of 
castellated dwellings throughout the headland on which 
Carlingford is built ; this was a post of so much im- 
portance in early ages, that the passage of this water was 
everywhere defended by forts and towers from the inroads 
of the northern tribes. The fastnesses of the mountain- 
ous districts assisted in the defence of the English Pale, 
and the first settlers supported their acquisitions by the 
sword and embattled dwellings. There are many founda- 
tions and walls of these strong buildings on the rocky 
promontory terminating in Cooly Point, and also some 
Raths of the earlier inhabitants. A burial-ground and old 
Chapel crown the top of the hill near the town, The 
Carlingford range skirts the north shores of Dundalk 
Bay, and presents a magnificent barrier, visible to a great 
distance from the Dublin road. These elevated moun- 
tains obscure the town so much, that the sun is hid at an 
early hour of the evening ; yet the prospect eastward is 
unimpeded, so that the Isle of Man is occasionally seen 
in fine weather. The Mourne mountains are equally 
majestic across the harbour. 

Pop. 1850. Market-day: Saturday. Fairs are held 
monthly. 



No. 39, From Dublin to CARLOW. Through Rath- 
coole, Naas, and Castledermot. 

Miles. 

Dublin to Carlow *, as at No. 26. . * .39 



DUBLIN TO CARRICK ON SUIR. 107 

No. 40. From Dublin" to CARNEW. Through Rath- 
drum. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles, 

Aghrim*, as at No. 205. . 32 Carnew « . 44 

Tinehaly* .... 38 

CARNEW is a village and post station, in the county 
of Wicklow. Near it are some fine ruins of a Castle. 
Two miles farther the Tinehaly joins its rapid stream 
with the Deny. Near this is the village of Shilelagh^ 
which, with the barony, receives name from the ancient 
oak forest of this district. Shilelagh is forty -five miles 
from Dublin, by a road through Tinehaly. The moun- 
tainous tracts of the baronies of Balinacor and Talbots- 
town are supposed to contain many mineral veins. 

Pop. 855. Fairs: Feb, 18, April 1, May 13, July 1, 
Aug. 19, Oct. 1, Nor. 18, and Dec. 22. 



No. 41. From Dublin to CARRICK on SHANNON, 
Through Mull in gar, Longford, and Rusky 
Bridge. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles* 

Kinnegad *, as at No. 97- 29J Carrick on Shannon*, as 

at No. 184. ... 77 



No. 42. From Dublin to CARRICK on SUIR. 
First Road. Through Naas, Castle Dermot, 
and Gowran. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Mites, 

Leighlin Bridge, as at No. Carrick on Suir *, as at No, 
26 45 82 74i 



No. 43. From Dublin to CARRICK on SUIR. Se- 
cond Road. Through Naas, Athy, and Kil- 
kenny. 



Dublin Castle to Miles. 


Dublin Castle to 


Milef. 


Kilcullen Bridge * as at 


Kilkenny* . 


. 55 


No. 26. . . . 21 


Kells 


. 61| 


Athy . . . 32£ 


Kilmagany * 


. 67 


Castle Comer . . 45£ 


Carrick on Suir * .- 


, 74* 



108 DUBLIN TO CARRICK ON SUIR* 

ATHY is a market and post town, in Kildare, on the 
River Barrow. Passage boats arrive at Athy daily, by 
the Grand Canal. The Chnrch was built in 1740. Here 
also is a County Court House, with a Gaol, as the assizes 
are held here and at Naas alternately. Athy is governed 
by a sovereign, and has a recorder. See the Roman 
Catholic Chapel, the Quaker's Meeting House, and Athy 
School. The remains of Woodstock Castle and some mo- 
nasteries are seen in the town. The Crutched Friary 
was founded in the reign of John, and the Dominican 
Friary, which stood east of the Bridge, in 1253. 

On the brow of a hill three miles from Athy, on the 
Kilcullen road, is seen the Moat of Ardskull, where the 
Scots, under Edward, the brother of Robert Bruce, ob- 
tained a victory in 1315. At Rheban, two miles distant, 
is a square entrenched mound ; and there are several 
large raths in this neighbourhood. 

Above six miles beyond Athy is seen New Castle, in 
ruins, and three miles farther, Doonane coalpits. Pop. 
3690. Inn : the Leinster Arms. Fairs : March 1 7, 
April 25, June 9, July 25, Oct. 10, Dec. 11. 

From Athy a new line of road has been recently com- 
pleted to Castle Comer. 

CASTLE COMER is a market and post town of 
Kilkenny. This town was partly burnt in 1798, and 
was a scene of action during the rebellion. The pits of 
Kilkenny coals at this place belong to the Ormond fa- 
mily ; and in the vicinity is a fine mansion of the same 
family, surrounded by magnificent woods. The public 
buildings are the Market House, a handsome Church and 
steeple, a Roman-Catholic Chapel, the Infirmary, and a 
Dispensary. Here is a court for the recovery of small 
debts, a Savings Bank, and a Lending Fund. This is a 
great market for butter and coals. In Castle Comer 
there is a respectable Academy for young gentlemen. 
The Countess of Ormond grants premiums for industry 
and agricultural improvements to the small farmers and 
cotters : this system, wherever carried on with perse- 
verance in this country, has a most beneficial effect. 

Pop. 1200. Fairs : March 27, May 3, June 21, Aug. 
10, Sept. 14, Oct. 28, Dec. 14. Inn: the Wandesford 
Inn, 



DUBLIN TO CA&TLE LAGHAN. 109 

KELLS, in Kilkenny, is a pretty town, and was for- 
merly of much importance. The Priory, of which ves- 
tiges still exist, was founded in the reign of Richard I. ; 
the Prior of Kells sat in the house of Irish peers pre- 
vious to the Reformation. Pop. 299. 



No. 44. From Dublin to CASHELL. Through New- 
bridge, Maryborough, and Urlingford. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Maryborough*, as at No. 3. 40 Casliell*, as at No. 53. . 76* 



No. 45. From Dublin to CASTLEBLANEY. Through 
Slane, Ardee, and Carrickmacross. 

Dub', in Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Slane *, as at No. 156. . 24 Laggan Bridge . - 38J 

Grange Fortescue * . . 27| Carrickmacross * . . 42£ 

Ardee* . .. .33 Castleblaney* . . 51 
Clonkeen* . . .36 



No. 4G. From Dublin to CASTLE LAGHAN. 
Through Lane sboro ugh, Ballaghy, and Bel- 
leek. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles, 

Kinnegad *, as at No. 9?. 29£ Killala *, as at No. 121. . 127 
Mullingar* . . 38J Castle Laghan . . 132J 

CASTLE LAGHAN is in a romantic and pleasant 
situation, near a haven on the coast of Mayo. Fair : 
June 7» 

On the road from Killala are the ruins of several mo- 
nasteries, and of Rathbran Abbey. At Castle Laghan is 
a fine villa of the Palmer family, and in the neighbour- 
hood are several gentlemen's houses. Beyond the town, 
near the headland of Downpatrick, distant several miles, 
there is a fine arch in the cliffs, formed by the beating of 
the surge. Here also are vestiges of fortifications. 



110 DUBLIN TO CASTLE MARTYR. 

No. 47. From Dublin to CASTLE-MARTYR. First 
Road. Through Clonmell, Cappoquin, Lismore, 
and Tallow. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles, 

Clonmell* as at No. 26 81| Ahadoe . . 111£ 

Tallow* as at No. 67 104J Killeagh . 112 

Mount Uniacke ; 109| Castle-Martyr . 11 4| 

Castletown . . 110 

CASTLETOWN, in Cork. Here and at Mount Unu 
acJce are the seats of the Uniacke family. 

KILLEAGH, is a village in the county of Cork. 

CASTLE MARTYR, in Cork, is a disfranchised 
borough. It gives the title of Baron to the Boyle family. 
The Earl of Shannon has a magnificent seat here, with 
excellent gardens and green-house. An ancient Castle is 
seen amidst the trees of the demesne. Castle Martyr has 
a good Charter School founded by this noble family. A 
spinning School, a well-built and handsome Church, and 
an Alms' House. Its manufactures are considerable. A 
canal nearly surrounds the town. 

Pop. 1323. Fairs: May 2, Oct. 2. Inn: the Royal 
Hibernian Hotel. 



No. 48. From Dublin to CASTLE MARTYR. Se« 
cond Road. Through Clonmell and Clogheen. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Fermoy*, as at No. 26 107£ Castle Martyr * . 123£ 

Castle-Lyons . Ill 

CASTLE LYONS, anciently named Castle Lehan, is 
a well-built market town of Cork, situated in the fertile 
vale on the banks of the Bride. The Abbey founded 
here in 1307 is in ruins. The Castle of the O'Lehans is 
demolished, and on its site is the antiquated mansion of 
the Barrymore family. David, the first Lord Barrymore, 
received the possessions of the abbey from the hands of 
his father-in-law the Earl of Cork. The church is a 
handsome edifice, and in the churchyard is a marble 
statue of James, Earl of Barrymore, a distinguished 
nobleman of the time of Queen Anne. There is also a 
Free School ; and half a mile distant is a Roman- Catholic 
Chapel. Pop. 863. 



DUBLIN TO CAVAN. Ill 

No. 49. From Dublin to CASTLE POLLARD. 
Through Tbim, Castletown Delvin, and May- 
pole. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Trim *, as at No. 185. . 22£ Maypole . . 47 

Castletown Delvin . 35£ Castle Pollard . • 49 

CASTLETOWN DELVIN is a post town of West- 
meath, having an ancient castle ruin and a moat ; a 
Church, a Roman-Catholic Chapel, a Market House, and 
a Dispensary. The townlands in this vicinity are fertile 
and the crops productive and luxuriant. Near Castle- 
town Delvin is Clonan or Clonyn, the ancient baronial 
residence of the Earls of Westmeath ; and in the vicinity 
is Baronston, the seat of Lord Sunderlin, a noble edifice 
300 feet in length, surrounded by a park and charming 
scenery. 

Pop. 900. Fairs: March 17, May 1, Dec. 1. 

CASTLE POLLARD is a small post town of West- 
meath. A mile from it is the fine seat of Lord Longford, 
called Packenham Hall, the family name of his lordship 
being Packenham. At this seat Mr. Edgeworth was fre- 
quently a visiter. 

Fairs : May 21, Aug. 1, Oct. 10, Dec. 10. 

Two miles from Castle Pollard is FORE or FOWRE, 
an ancient borough, famous, according to the popular 
tradition of the county, as a seat of learning. Here is 
Lough Lane or Lene, with an Island in it, of some cele- 
brity. A ruin of a monastery, several chapels, and a 
curious anchorite's cell are the monastic remains of this 
small town. Fairs : Jan. 30. 



No. 50. From Dublin to CAVAN. Fibst Road. 
Through Dunshaughlin, Navan, and Kells. 

Dublin to Cavan*, as at No. 79 • 54 

No. 51. From Dublin to CAVAN. Second Road. 
Through Tbim, Athboy, and Ballinanaght. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Ballinanaght*, as at No. 185, 5 i£ Cavan* . . 59 

h % 



112 DUBLIN TO CHARLEVILLE. 

No. 52. From Dublin to CHARLEMONT. 



Dublin Castle to Miles. 


Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Dundalk*, as at No. 1. 40£ 


Rich-hill* 


• 62£ 


Hamilton's Bawn*, as at 


Loughgall 


66 


No. 157 . • 60£ 


Charlemont* 


. 69£ 



LOUGHGALL is a pleasing village and post station in 
the county of Armagh, having a well-built Church. Two 
miles beyond it is the mansion of Summer Island ; cross 
the Callen River by a bridge on the road to Charlemont. 
Fairs : in May, July 1, and Sept. 4. 

CHARLEMONT, as at No. 60, is 68J miles. To 
Charlemont by Rich-hill, the road is half a mile nearer 
than by Loughgall. 



No. 53. From Dublin to CHARLEVILLE. Through 
Kildare, Maryborough, and Cashell. 



Dublin Castle to 


Miles, 


Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Maryborough *, 


as at No. 3. 40 


Thomastown 


81f 


Ballyroan 


44| 


Tipperary 


86| 


Durrow 


51| 


Ballymanlagh 


91| 


Urlingford 


61£ 


Knockloug 


97i 


Ballymoreen 


68-| 


Kilmallock 


103£ 


Cashell 


"76| 


Charleville 


. 108 



BALLYROAN is a village in Queen's County. 
Four miles farther see Abbey Leioc, the beautiful man- 
sion" of Lord de Vesci, on the banks of the River Nore ; 
the park abounds with fine timber. The village of 
Abbey Lelv had a celebrated monastery founded in 1183 
by O 'Moore, the chief of a powerful sept. Of the 
Cathedral of Aghaboe, near Abbey Leix, the chancel is 
the principal vestige. 

DURROW, or CASTLE DURROW, is a post town 
of Kilkenny. The left-hand road at Ballyroan goes to 
the town of Bally nakill, which is three miles from Dur- 
row ; by making this detour the road is half a mile longer 
than the first mentioned line to Durrow. In the hand- 
some town square are a well-built Church and Steeple, 



DUBLIN TO CHA.RLEVILLE. 113 

and the Post Office ; and near it is the Roman Catholic 
Chapel. 

At Ballynakill, and again at Durrow, a road on the left 
hand conducts through the town of Ballyragget to Kil- 
kenny, a distance of fifteen miles. Ballynakill Castle 
gallantly resisted Cromwell, but was taken and disman- 
tled by him. Within a mile is seen Heywood, a small 
but pretty mansion and the demesne of the Trench fa- 
mily. Durrow is seated on a stream called the Erkin, 
near which are fine Flour Mills; and possesses very pic- 
turesque environs. It forms a portion of Kilkenny, lying 
within the boundary of Queen's County. 

Pop. 1960. Fairs are held in May, Aug., and Nov. 21. 

Seats: Water Castle; Castle Wood. Also Castle 
Durrow, the ancient and splendid residence of Viscount 
Ashbrooke. The woods of this fine demesne extend for 
three miles on the route to Urlingford. See the ruins of 
Mackin Castle and of Cullyhill Castle. At Fertagh, 
four miles and a half from Durrow, may be seen a high. 
Round Tower and ruinous Gothic Church. 

Beggars'' Inn is a village in Kilkenny, six miles from 
Durrow. Ballyspellan chalybeate spa is to the left of our 
route, and has a great reputation. 

Johnstown, in Kilkenny, is eight miles from Durrow, 
and scarcely two from Urlingford • it has some handsome, 
houses for the accommodation of those who resort to 
Ballyspellan Spa. One mile from Johnstown is Foivks- 
court, the seat of the Hely family. 

URLINGFORD, in Kilkenny. At this town is an 
Augustine Convent in N ruins, founded in 1306. The 
Course, on which races are held annually, surrounds a 
green knoll, from which there is a good view of the 
adjacent country, interspersed with large tracts of bog. 
One mile beyond Urlingford, entering Tipperary across 
the Erkin rivulet, see the Castle and Church of Fennor, 
both in ruin. Two miles beyond Longford Pass, see the 
ruin of a Church, and also a new-built Church with a 
handsome Spire at Leigh. A road to the right leads to 
Thurles. 

BALLYMOREEN, in Tipperary, is a village with the, 
ruin of a Castle. In its neighbourhood are the ruins of 

L 3 



114 DUBLIN TO CHARLEVILLE. 

Ballybeg Castle, near Ballydaird, and of Moycarthy 
Castle. 

Seats: Shanbally and Parkestown. 

Killough Hill is very conspicuous at about three miles 
before arriving at Cashell ; see also Newpark, a very 
beautiful mansion and demesne. 

CASHELL, in Tipperary, is an ancient city and post 
town, situated three miles from the River Suir. It is 
governed by a Mayor, Recorder, and Bailiffs, and is a 
borough, returning a member to Parliament. It has the 
remains of a venerable Cathedral, abandoned in 1750, 
when its roof was barbarously taken off. The modern 
Cathedral is a handsome edifice of Grecian architecture, 
and is adorned with a lofty spire. The Episcopal Palace 
is of brick, and within its quadrangle the Archbishop has 
a Library, containing the celebrated Psalter of Cashell in 
the Irish tongue, a chronicle, which was compiled about 
A.D. 900, by Cormac M'Culinan, King and Archbishop 
of Cashell. The beautiful chapel in which Cormac 
preached, is one of the earliest stone structures of this 
kingdom; it is a ruin close to the ancient Cathedral, 
which crowns the precipice of the rock. The founder of 
this splendid Cathedral was Donald O'Brien, brother of 
Morough O'More, lung of Munster, A.D. 1169. The 
architecture of both edifices appears to be an imitation of 
some Grecian models, rather than Gothic. They were 
ornamented with fine tombs and sculptures : the mate- 
rial of the old Cathedral was black marble. The labour 
of the antiquarian, in ascending, by a serpentine path, the 
Rock of Cashell, is well rewarded by viewing these mag- 
nificent buildings ; but he may also inspect the pillared 
crypt, above 50 feet long, and a fine Round Tower, built 
of freestone. St. Patrick founded the first Church on this 
Rock. The Lia Fail, a coronation stone of the Kings of 
Munster, is reported to have been sent from Cashell, for 
the coronation of Fergus, King of Scotland, and was 
transferred from Scone to Westminster Abbey by King 
Edward I. Descend the Rock to the magnificent ruin of 
Hore Abbey. In the town are the ruins of a Friary of 
St. Dominick, founded in 1243, the Abbey of St. Francis, 
and the Hospital of St. Nicholas. There are also con- 



DUBLIN TO CHARLEVILLE. n 5 

siderable vestiges of the ancient city-walls, and two 
gates. 

The public buildings of Cash ell are the Infirmary, the 
Barracks, the Court House and Prison, erected in 1818, 
the Market House, and Charter School. Cashell, besides 
having been a regal seat, was a very populous place ; its 
history is varied and interesting, and is filled with re- 
cords of incendiary invasions. 

Athassel Abbey, on the banks of the Suir, three miles 
from Cashell, was founded in 1200, by William Fitz- 
Adelm. The ruins are still extensive ; the nave and 
choir measured 117 feet in length. The tower is of con- 
siderable altitude, and the ruins of the cloisters and 
chapel excite admiration. Athassel was twice burned by 
an armed force. 

Emit/, giving name to the adjunct see of this Arch- 
bishopric, was once a famous city, and the metropolitan 
Church of Munster. Emly Church was founded in the 
fifth century, by St. Ailbe ; in 1123 this city was burned 
by marauders ; it remained a place of note and opulence 
until 1568, when the Bishopric of Emly was united with 
the see of Cashell ; its situation is fourteen miles west of 
Cashell, on the verge of the county. The Galtees skirt 
the undulating plains of Cashell, and elevate their moun- 
tain-tops to the clouds. 

Pop. 6500. Fairs : Mar. 26, Aug. 7. Inns : RyalPs ; 
Ryan's. 

Goolden or Golden Bridge, in Tipperary, is a pictu- 
resque village, three miles and a half from Cashell, 
and a mile from the magnificent Abbey of Athassel. 
Here is a ruined Castle near the Suir. 

Seats : Lishean, Earl of Clanwilliam, whose fine 
stables are at Bally griffin ; Suir Castle, Lord Massey's a 
noble residence, is on the bank of the Suir. At Golden 
Bridge is the Castle Inn, 

THOMASTOWN is a market and post town, in the 
county of Tipperary. It has a neat Church and tower, 
built of stone, a Roman Catholic Church, with a belfry, 
a handsome School House, recently built, a Gaol, and a 
modern Court House. Here also are ruins of two 
ancient Castles, and the mansion of the Earl of LandafF, 
which, in the time of his Lordship's ancestor, Mr. 



116 DUBLIN TO CHARLEVILLE. 

Matthew, was esteemed the most splendid residence in 
the kingdom. The park is extremely beautiful, and con- 
sists of above 2000 acres, ornamented with old timber and 
extensive plantations. This borough formerly returned 
members to Parliament. 

Pop. 2400. Fairs: March 17, May 25, June 29, 
Sept/l5. 

TIPPERARY, in the county of Tipperary, consists 
principally of one long street. It has a very handsome 
modern Church, a Dispensary, and numerous Schools. 
An Augustine Monastery was founded here about 1230. 
Pop. 6900. Fairs : April 5, June 24, Oct. 10, Dec. 10. 
Inns : the King's Arms ; the Globe. 

BALLYMANLAGU, in Tipperary. In two miles 
and a half enter the county of Limerick. 

KNOCKLONG, in Limerick. Seats near this vil- 
lage : Castle Jane, Elton, Mount Coote, and a ruin of a 
Castle. 

KILMALLOCK, in Limerick, is a deserted city, near 
the River Maig ; it returned two members to the Irish 
Parliament. It has been sometimes called the Balbec of 
Ireland, from its numerous remains, consisting of walls, 
gates, streets, castles, monasteries, and a round tower. 
It is sixteen miles from Limerick. 

Pop. 904. Inn ; the Freemason's Arms. 

CHARLEVILLE is a market and post town, in Cork, 
and is a great thoroughfare between the important out- 
ports of Limerick and Cork. It was a borough until the 
Union. Part of the town is in Limerick, across a small 
river, which, for a short distance, divides the two coun- 
ties. The objects worthy of notice are the Church, the 
Charter School, and the cavalry barracks. The Protestant 
Church is plain, and the Roman Catholic Chapel is a 
large and commodious structure. See the ruin of Cra- 
gane Castle, on the Kilmallock road. 

Pop. 4200. Inns: the King's Arms ; the New Inn. 
Market-day : Saturday. Fairs : Oct. 10, and Nov. 12. 



DUBLIN TO CLOUGH. 117 

No. 54. From Dublin to CLOUGH. Through Drog- 
heda, Newry, and Antrim. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to . g Miles, 

Antrim *, as at No. 1. . 84 Broughshane . . 95 

Kells* . . .89| Clough* . . . 100| 

Craigbffly . . .93 

CRAIGBILLY, or CREBILLY, in the county of 
Antrim, is seated on the summit of a hill, surrounded by 
a rich and fertile valley. Craigbilly Wood was the last 
remaining portion of the old forests of this county, and 
consists now of a tract of pasture-land and nut-bushes, 
washed at the foot of the declivity by the branch of the 
Main water, which flows from the Slemish mountain to 
Ballymena, and thence to Lough Neagh. Here is a 
Roman Catholic Chapel, erected on ground granted by 
J. Hamilton O'Hara, Esq. The mansion of Crebilly is 
surrounded by excellent gardens and plantations, and the 
hills of Cross, Dunivaddin, and Greenhill, form an am- 
phitheatre above the Hill of Crebilly. Fairs : June 26, 
and Aug. 21. 

BROUGHSHANE is a neat village and post town of 
Antrim, having a small Church and steeple, a bridge 
across the Main River, and some beetling-mills. From 
Broughshane to Ballymena, the nearest market is four 
miles by Crebelly ; but the distance on the level by the 
river and Ballygarvy, where there are two moats, is 
much shorter : there is a third new road, still shorter, 
recently completed. Broughshane has a race-ground ; be- 
yond it, distant one mile and a half, is Skerries Hill, 
with a small ruin of a chapel, and a cemetery on the 
summit. 

Seats : Tullymore Lodge, completely secluded by 
stately timber, the residence of the Hon. General J. B. 
O'Neill, M.P. ; Whitehall, the mansion of Captain White. 
This is a good sporting country, and the cloud-capped 
summit of Slemish Hill is seen in every variety of form 
above the valley. 

Pop. 620. Fairs: June 17, Sept. 1. 



118 DUBLIN TO CLONMELL. 

No. 55. From Dublin to CLOGHER. Through Ar- 

DEE, MGNAGHAN, and AuGHER. 

Dublin Castle to Miles, Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Drogheda * as at No. 1. . 23| Augher *, as at No. 142. . 75J 
Castleblaney* as at No. 7- 51| Clogher . . . 76| 

CLOGHER, an ancient episcopal see, and a post town 
of Tyrone, is now a mere village. The Episcopal Palace 
is the chief building. The see of Louth was united to 
Clogher in the eleventh century, and the Cathedral has 
been converted into a Parish Church. In ancient times 
the Druids are supposed to have dwelt in this place. An 
ancient Abbey here was consumed by fire in 1396. 

Pop. 524. Fairs : May 6, July 26. 



No. 56. From Dublin to CLONMELL. Through 
Kildare, Maryborough, and Urlingford. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Maryborough* as at No. 3. 40 Fethard . , . 78£ 

Urlingford *, as at No. 53. 61 £ Clonmell* . . .85 

Killenaule . . 72£ 

KILLENAULE, or KILLYNAULE, is a post town, 
in Tipperary, half way between Cashell and Call en ; so 
that it is a considerable thoroughfare. It has a Church, 
a Roman Catholic Chapel, and a Dispensary. The col- 
lieries are here worked to great advantage. The glebe- 
house of Killenaule parish is distant two miles, at Up- 
ham, where there is an ancient castle ruin. Many hand- 
some seats surround the town, and the townlands adjacent 
are fertile and beautiful. 

Inn : the King's Arms. Fairs : May 13, Oct. 14. 

FETHARD is a market and post town, in the county 
of Tipperary, with an ancient and handsome Church, and 
a neat, modern, Gothic Roman Catholic Chapel. There 
are remains of three gates, and of the high town walls; 
and the Augustine Abbey of Fethard is an elegant an- 
cient structure, part of which is still used as a Catholic 
Chapel. The Presbyterian Meeting House, the School 
House, Barracks, and a handsome Tholsel, are the other 



DUBLIN TO CLOUGH. 119 

public edifices. Fethard is a corporate town, and re- 
turned members to the Irish Parliament ; it is governed 
by a sovereign. 

Pop. 520. Fairs : four are held annually. 

Seat : Grove, William Barton, Esq., proprietor of 
part of the town. Ancient Ruins: Kilnockin Castle, 
near Killynaule ; and a castle ruin, distant two miles and 
a half on the Clonmell road in the midst of a plantation. 



No. 57. From Dublin to CLONMINES. Through 
Newborougii, Kyle, and Wexford. 

Dublin Castle to Miles, Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Wexford *, as at No. 203. 66% Clonmines . . . 80| 

Baldwin's Town * . .74 

CLONMINES, in Wexford, situated at the head of 
Bannow Bay, was a borough town, returning members 
to the Irish Parliament. It has the ruins of an Abbey, 
and vestiges of seven churches. Near Bridgetown, a 
village in the direction of Wexford, there is an old Castle. 
Across the Scare ferry are several ruins of castles, built 
by the English adventurers. 



No. 58. From Dublin to CLOUGH. Through Drog. 

HEDA and DUNDALK. 



Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Newry *, as atNo. 1. 


. 50J 


Annalong . 


. 69^ 


Narrow-water 


. 54£ 


Newcastle . 


. 75J 


Warren Point * 


. 55£ 


Dundrum . 


. M 


Rostrevor . 


. 57£ 


Clough * . 


. 81 


Kilkeele . 


. €5 







NARROW- WATER, a neat village of Down, on the 
Newry River, serves as a port to the town of Newry. 
Near the ferry of Narrow-water is a Castle, built upon a 
bold rock ; it belonged to the Knights Templars, and 
when in preservation commanded this land-locked har- 
bour. Near this place commences the canal which com- 
municates with Lough Neagh. 



120 DUBLIN TO CLOUGH. 

ROSTREVOR, in Down, is a sea-bathing village, of 
remarkable beauty, and is much frequented. It is situ- 
ated at the N. E. end of Carlingford Bay, surrounded by 
groves and villas ; the white cottages appear built on ro- 
mantic levels, and the mountain is covered with oaks and 
ash-trees ; indeed, few objects can surpass Rostrevor Hill 
for the beauty of its outline, and the interest of the sur- 
rounding prospects. Here is a fine anchorage close to the 
shaded banks of the sheltered Bay ; and hence may be 
seen the monument in honour of General Ross. The 
potteries and salt-pans are worthy of notice. From the 
Quay is a favourite walk along the bay. Kilbreny Church 
is one mile distant ; and in this neighbourhood is the 
once-important hold, called Green Castle. Rostrevor is a 
delightful station for excursions amidst stupendous hills, 
which although fatiguing, are calculated to profit both 
the painter and the botanist. Pop. 850. Fairs : Feb. 
6, Mar. 1, June 8, Sept. 19, Nov, 1, Dec. 11. 

KILKEELE is a village of Down, situated near the 
coast. From the hills are fine prospects of the sea, the 
Isle of Man, and the heights of the Scottish and West- 
moreland coasts. 

ANNALONG, in Down, is a village, built near the 
sea-shore, on a rivulet. 

NEWCASTLE is a small town of Down, on the 
south shore of Dundrum Bay, and is much frequented for 
sea-bathing. It has cold and warm shower-baths. The 
sea prospect is delightful, and although the mountains in 
the vicinity are sterile, they are awfully grand. There 
is no district more sublime or replete with romantic 
scenery than the barony of Mourne. At the foot of 
Slieve Donard, a great mountain, just above this village, 
is an old Castle in ruin. Here are several excellent 
country residences of wealthy gentry. 

DUNDRUM is a village of Down, at the head of a 
wide Bay of the same name. L T pon a rock is the exten- 
sive ruin of the Castle built by the powerful Baron John 
de Courcy, who first undertook the conquest of Ulster. 
It was in the hands of the Knights Templars, and was 
granted by the crown to Thomas Lord Cromwell, whose 
son was Lord Lecale, a title derived from the neighbour- 



DUBLIN TO CLOYNE. 121 

ing lordship. It stood several sieges, being garrisoned by 
the Magennises, but was finally dismantled by Oliver 
Cromwell's army. 
At Slidderyford, near Dundrum, is a Druidical circle. 



No. 59. From Dublin to CLOYNE. Through Clon- 

mell, Fermoy, and Middleton. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Fermoy*, as at No. 26. . 107£ Middleton - . .122 

Rathcormuck * . . Ill Cloyne . . . 125£ 

MIDDLETON is a neat market and post town of 
Cork, and was formerly a borough, returning a member 
to the Irish Parliament. It has a Sovereign, Bailiffs, and 
twelve Burgesses. Viscount Middleton is of the family 
of Broderick. The Cistertian Abbey here was founded in 
1180, by some of the Fitzgeralds. The modern edifices are 
well built, and elegant. The Free School, in which Currari 
received the rudiments of learning, the Church, and the 
Market House, surmounted by a cupola, are the chief 
buildings. The Castle of the Fitzgeralds, erected in 1645, 
is not in existence, but the splendid residence of the 
Marquess of Thomond occupies its site. The neigh- 
bouring lands are exceedingly fertile, and limestone is 
found in the valleys. Near this town is a curious cave. 

Pop. 2300. Fairs: May 14, July 5, Oct. 10, Nov. 
22. Inn : the King's Arms. 

CLOYNE, an ancient see, in the County of Cork, is 
a handsome market and post town. The venerable Ca- 
thedral has a nave and side aisles, the former of which is 
120 feet in length. It contains an epitaph on Miss 
Adams, written by the late Mrs. Piozzi. The Rath at 
Cloyne is near the Cathedral ; and there is also a Round 
Tower, of large dimensions, being 90 feet high, and 15 in 
diameter. The bishoprick was once dependent upon that 
of Cork, but was disunited in 1638, and has since then 
had its own bishops. The Episcopal Residence is good. 
The Abbey was founded A.D. 707, and the first church 
was built here at the close of the sixth century. 

Seats : Castle Mary, one mile from Cloyne, is the 
M 



122 DUBLIN TO COLERAINE. 

mansion of Lord Longueville. Here may be seen a 
Druids' altar : it is a stone 15 feet long, 8 broad, and 9 
from the ground. 

Pop. 2000. Fairs : June 8, and Dec. 5. Inn % « the 

Three Tuns. 



No. 60. From Dublin to COLERAINE. First 
Road. Through Charlemont, Moneymore, and 
Maghera. 



Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Dundalk*, as at No. 1. 


• 40j' 


Desartmartin 


88 


Armagh # , as at No. 6. 


. m 


Tubberruore 


• 90J 


Blackwater Town . 


. Wh 


Maghera 


92| 


Charlemont 


. 68£ 


Swatteragh 


96j 


Killyman Church . 


• 71* 


Garvagh 


100£ 


Coal Island 


. 74£ 


Aughadoway Bridge . 


103* 


Stewartstown 


. 77 


Coleraine . 


109| 


Moneymore 


. S3f 







CRARLEMONT is a market and corporate town of 
Armagh, and was formerly an Irish borough. It is a 
military depot, and has barracks for infantry, as well as 
a Fort, which is the residence of the Governor. The 
linen manufacture flourishes in the vicinity. Pop. 700. 
Faios: May 1, Nov. 1. 

Seat : Roxborongh, belonging to the Caulfield family. 

The traveller then crosses the Black water, which is 
navigable here, by a stone bridge of five arches, and 
enters Tyrone. Here is MOY, which is a post town, 
and has a famous monthly fair for horses and cattle. 
The Church, built in 1819, is a fine stone structure, with 
a handsome steeple. The Roman Catholic Chapel is at 
Gorestown, a mile distant. Pop. 800. 

COAL ISLAND is a village of Tyrone, on the bank of 
the canal from Dungannon to Lough Neagh. Here are 
coalpits. A mile distant are the ruins of Roughan 
Castle. 

STEWARTSTOWN is a village of Tyrone. Seat : 
Stewart Hall, with a fine park, Lord Castle-Stewart. 

MONEYMORE is a town of Londonderry, between 



DUBLIN TO COLERAINE. 123 

which and Lough Neagh is a great ridge, called the 
Slieve Gallion Mountain. Its dark-blue slopes are seen 
from the adjacent counties at a distance of twenty miles. 
Money more has been recently very much improved by' 
the Drapers' Company of London, to whom it belongs. 
It now possesses a Church, a Roman Catholic Chapel, a 
Meeting House, two Free Schools, and a handsome 
Market House, with Ball and News room. 

Pop. 1000. Fairs : 21st of each month. Inn : the Dra- 
per's Arms. Seat: Springhill, with well-planted grounds. 

DESARTMARTIN is a village of Londonderry, near 
a small branch of the River Mayola. It has a good 
Church. Two miles beyond it is the Church and Glebe 
House of Kilcronaghan. 

TUBBERMORE is a small town, near the River 
Mayola. There are some good houses, amongst others 
Fort William and Clover Hill, 

MAGHERA is a small town of Londonderry. It has 
a stone Church, built in 1820, a Lancasterian School, a 
Meeting House, and Barracks. The doorway of the old 
Church, part of which still remains, is curiously sculp- 
tured. The Braeface, a tract of land on this side of 
Carntogher Mountains, is adorned with pretty cottages, 
and fine hawthorns, which bush is esteemed sacred by the 
peasantry, who dread the enmity of its evil sprite, in 
case it is lopped or cut down. The valley of the Mayola 
is beautiful, and here are some Moats and Raths. 

Pop. 940. 

SWATTERAGH is a village, in the county of Lon- 
donderry. Like all the towns and villages of the north, 
it has numerous fairs. 

GARVAGH, on the River Agivey, in Londonderry, 
is in a charming situation. The Canning family, long 
settled here, has acquired the title of Garvagh. Bovaugh 
Castle is an ancient ruin on the side of the River ; it 
belongs to the Beresford family. 

AUGHADOWAY BRIDGE has a Church and Glebe 
House, and many gentlemen's seats. Four miles beyond 
it, approaching Coleraine, is Maquasquin Church. 

COLERAINE, a corporate, market, and post town 
and barony of Londonderry, was formerly made a county 

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124 DUBLIN TO COLERAINE. 

in itself, by Sir John Perrot. Colonel Hanger, of eccen- 
tric and sporting fame, was Baron Coleraine. It is a 
borough, returning a member to Parliament, and is 
seated on the Bann, about four miles from its mouth. 
The course of this river is so strong, that the tide of the 
sea does not ascend far, nor is the navigation good, so 
that, as a port, Coleraine is inferior to Portrush, where 
the Custom House is established. Coleraine is famous 
for the manufacture of linen, and is well known to tra- 
vellers, as the chief town, within a few miles of the 
Giant's Causeway. About a mile distant is a celebrated 
Salmon Leap, near Mr. Richardson's mansion ; and 
from the Bridge there is a fine view of the dilapidated 
house, called Jackson Hall. Coleraine has large Bar- 
racks, a plain Market House, a small Rath, and a Church, 
pleasantly situated. It formerly possessed a Castle, built 
in 1213 ; and St. Mary's Abbey here, was founded in 
1244. The vicinity of the town, particularly on the 
Antrim side of the river, is very pleasant. The Salmon - 
fishing here begins in March, and continues till August. 
There are also two eel-fisheries on the Bann, beginning in 
September. 

About tvv^o miles and a half from Coleraine is Craig -a- 
Huller, a curious range of basaltic pillars. 

Pop. 1800. Fairs : May 12, July 5, Nov. 2. Inns: 
the Corporation Anns ; the Mail Coach Hotel, which is 
a very comfortable one ; the Swan. 



No. 61. From Dublin to COLERAINE. Second 
Road. Through Armagh, Coagh, and Bovaugh 
Bridge. 



Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Dublin Castle to 


Mile*. 


Dundalk *, as at No. 1. 


. 40£ 


Magherafelt* 


. 88 


Armagh *, as at No. 6. 


. 62* 


Kilrea * . 


. 102 


Charlemont * 


• 68J 


Bovaugh Bridge 


. 1041 


Stewartstown * 


. 77 


Coleraine . 


. lllf 


Coagh* 


. 82 







BOVAUGH BRIDGE, in the county of Tyrone. A 
mile from this village, on the River Agivey, is Bovaugh 



DUBLIN TO COLERAINE. 125 

Castle, a mansion belonging to the Marquess^ of Water- 
ford. At Bovaugh Bridge is another mansion of the 
Beresfords. An old Church, in ruins, is seen one mile 
and a half beyond this place. 



No. 62. From Dublin to COLERAINE. Third 
Road. Through Dundalk, Antrim, and Ran- 

DALSTOWN. 



Dublin Castle to Miles. 


Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Banbridfte *, as at No. 1. . 60§ 


Randalstown 


. 88 


Lurgan* . . . 67^ 


Ballymoney 


. 107£ 


Glanevy* . . .77 


Coleraine * . 


. 114 


Antrim** . . .84 







RANDALSTOWN, in Antrim, is a small but pretty 
place, with a stone bridge of nine arches, over the Main. 
It has a Market House and Assembly Room, a Church, a 
Roman Catholic Chapel, Meeting Houses^ a Dispensary, 
and Barracks. Near Randalstown is the iinely-wooded 
demesne of Earl O'Neill ; and two miles distant, on the 
shore of Lough Neagh, is Shane's Castle, which was de- 
stroyed by fire in 1816. 

Pop. 1040. Fairs: July 16, Nov. 1. Inn: at the 
foot of the Bridge. 

Lough Neagli is a beautiful sheet of water, twenty 
miles in length, and twelve in breadth, bounded by no 
less than five counties, Armagh, Tyrone, Londonderry, 
Down, and Antrim. The extent of its surface varies 
considerably, according to the season, but it is supposed 
to cover generally about 100,000 English acres. In sum- 
mer its depth is about fifty feet, and in winter about 
seven feet more. It contains large quantities of shad, 
churl or bodach, pike, roach, bream, and trout, and is 
periodically visited by salmon and eels. The char is also 
found here. The strand abounds with beautiful pebbles, 
which take a high polish. The waters of Lough Neagh 
have been noted for their healing and petrifying qualities ; 
but, according to recent experiments, undeservedly. 
The Lough contains two small islands, Blackwater 
Island, at the mouth of the river of that name, and Ram 

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126 DUBLIN TO COLERAINE. 

Island^ which, is about three miles from the shore. The 
latter contains a Round Tower, 40 feet high, and a 
cemetery. A boat to it may be obtained at the village of 
Crumlin. The scenery of the Lough is tame and mono- 
tonous, and the tourist must not expect to find in it the 
beauties of Killarney. 

BALLYMONEY is a market, post, and sessions 
town of Antrim, with a Market House, a Church, a 
Roman Catholic Chapel, a Meeting House, and a School. 
Hence a road branches off to the GianVs Causeway, seven 
miles shorter than that through Coleraine. 

Seats : Leslie Hill, O' Harass Brook. 

Pop. 2060. Fairs: May 5, July 10, Oct. 6. Inn: 
the King's Arms. 

The Mail-coach from Belfast to Coleraine and Derry 
passes through Temple Patrick, Donegore, Antrim, Ran- 
dalstown, Ballymena, and Ballymoney, to Coleraine. 



No. 63. From Dublin to COLERAINE. Fourth 
Road. Through Dundalk, Antrim, and Port- 

GLENONE. 



Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Antrim *, as at No. 1. 


. 83 


Rasharkan 


. 1021 


Randalstown * 


. 88 


Vow Ferry House 


• 106£ 


Grange 


. 93J 


Coleraine * 


. 1151 


Portglenone 


. 97* 







THE GRANGE, in Antrim, is an extensive and 
fertile parish, in which a large quantity of poultry and 
turkevs is reared. 

PORTGLENONE is a market and post town of An- 
trim, situated on the Bann, over which is a stone bridge 
of seven arches. This River is broad and deep, and is 
the only stream that issues from Lough Beg and Lough 
Neagh. The late proprietor of this town, John Hamilton 
O'Hara, Esq., was interred in Portglenone Church in 1822, 
which was built at the expense of his ancestor, Francis 
Hutchinson, Bishop of Down and Connor. The man- 
sion-house has been rebuilt, and the demesne, which ex- 
tends along the river side, is covered by some large 



DUBLIN TO COOTEHILL. 127 

timber. Here is a good School House ; the Catholic 
Chapel is at some distance from the town. The views of 
the Berry mountains across the Bann are extremely 
striking and magnificent, whilst the immediate course of 
the valley along which this River winds, is a rich undu- 
lating flat, finely varied. Eight neat cottages were built 
here for poor widows, by Charles Hamilton, Esq., who 
bequeathed a yearly maintenance for the inmates. Pop. 
700. 

RASH ARK AN is a village of Antrim, with a hand- 
some Church. 

From Randalstown to Rasharkan there is another road 
through Ahoghill, which is about a mile shorter than the 
preceding. 



No. 64. From Dublin to COOTEHILL. Through 
Navax and Newcastle. 



Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Navan *, as at No. 79. 


. 23| 


Newcastle . 


. 36f 


Killberry . 


. 26| 


Kingscourt . 


. 38| 


Cairnhill Turnpike 


. 313 


Shirco-ck 


. 44| 


Nobber 


. 33J 


Cootehill *. 


. 52i 



KILLBERRY, in Eastmeath. Two miles beyond the 
Church in this village, there is an ancient ruin on the 
left-hand of the road to Nobber. 

CAIRNHILL TURNPIKE is half a mile beyond the 
Church and Glebe House of Castletown. 

NOBBER, in Eastmeath. In this post town the 
celebrated blind bard, O'Carolan, was born, in 1670. 

Fairs: April 25, May 25, June 20, Aug. 15, Oct. 13, 
Sept. 14. 

NEWCASTLE is a post town of Eastmeath. Near it 
is a small Lough. Inisheene Church is one mile and a 
quarter to the right of this road. 

KINGSCOURT is a village of Cavan, and a post 
town. Seat : Cabragk Castle, a beautiful mansion on a 
hill to the right of Kingscourt. Droughlone Lough is to 
the left of the present road, at the distance of three miles 
from the village ; a small Lough is seen by the road -side, 



128 DUBLIN TO CORK. 

one mile farther. Fairs : May 23, June 18, Aug. 1, 
Sept. 19, Nov. 8, Dec. 4. 

SHIRCOCK is a small post town of Cavan. Here 
are two Lakes, the larger of them is Lough Sicilian, from 
which the River Annalee takes it's rise, and flows in the 
direction of Coote Hill, passing the beautiful seats of 
Neivgrove and Belle-Green. 

Fairs : Feb. 4, April 4, June 7? July 2, Aug. 23, Sept. 
28, Oct. 29, Dec. 14. 



No. 65. From Dublin to CORK. First Road. 
Through Kildare, Maryborough, and Cashell. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles, 

Maryborough *, as at No. 3. 40 Clogheen * . . .92 

Cashell * as at No. 53. . 76§ Cork * 122| 
Cahir . . . 85 J 

CAHIR is a market and post town, in the county of 
Tipperary, situated on the banks of the Suir. Across the 
river are the ruins of Cahir Abbey, built in the reign of 
King John ; and in an island is Cahir Castle, originally 
built by Conan, King of Thomond and .monarch of Ire- 
land. The mansion of Lord Cahir, of which the ample 
demesne contains 560 acres, is situated upon the bank of 
the river : in one part of the grounds called Kilcommon, 
is the Cottage, a spot of extraordinary beauty. 

Cahir contains a neat and well-proportioned Gothic 
Church, with a spire, erected in 1817, a Roman Catholic 
Chapel, built in 1790, a Fever Hospital, a Dispensary, 
and a handsome School House, erected in 1818, near the 
Church. The Association of Cahir for promoting the 
linen manufacture, has been very successful, and the 
spinning factory, fostered by the patronage of the Earl of 
Glengall, employs the females with industry and profit. 
A weekly linen and yarn market was established in 1823. 
Here also is a manufactory of straw -plat for bonnets. 
The Cavalry Barracks are situated a mile from Cahir. 

Pop, 3600. Inn : the Glengall Arms. Fairs : Feb. 
9, April 12, May 26, July 20, Sept. 18, Oct. 20, Dec. 7. 



DUBLIN TO CORK. 129 

No. 66, From Dublin to CORK. Second Road. 
Through Carlow, Kilkenny, and Clonmell. 

Dublin to Cork*, as at No. 26. . . . 124£ 



No. 67. From Dublin to CORK. Third Road. 
Through Kilkenny, Clonmell, and Lismore. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles 

Clonmell*, as at No. 26. . 81| Tallow . . . 104£ 

Cappoquin . . . 97^ Watergrass Hill . . 11?| 

Lismore . . . 100£ Cork* . . 126£ 

CAPPOQUIN, in Waterford, is a market and post 
town, on the Blackwater, over which it has a wooden 
bridge. It possesses some rich and picturesque scenery, 
and several well-built villas. On the road from Clonmell 
are Glasha and Castle Coonagli, the ruins of old castles. 
At Cappoquin the remains of a strong Castle, celebrated 
in history, and the Cavalry Barracks, attract attention. 
The corn trade between this town and Youghal is exten- 
sive, the Blackwater being navigable for boats. A mile 
from the town is Salta Bridge, the fine seat of the late 
Sir Richard Musgrave, who had also a superb mansion at 
Turin, near Lismore. When this gentleman was High 
Sheriff, he on one occasion could find no person who 
would flog a man sentenced to whipping for sedition, and, 
therefore, as an imperative duty, inflicted the flogging 
himself ; for this he received the thanks of George III. 

Pop. 2000. Fairs- March 17, July 5. Inn: the 
King's Arms. 

LISMORE, in Waterford, is seated upon the Black- 
water. This once-famous city had a university ; the 
see of Lismore was united in 1363, to the bishopric of 
Waterford. The name is composed of Lis, an earthen 
fort, and more, great ; from its strong moat, which was 
superseded by a Castle, built by King John. Sir Walter 
Raleigh was a proprietor of this fortress and of the manor. 
It was purchased by Sir Richard Beyle, who enlarged its 
fortifications ; in 1641 it was successfully defended by 
Lord Broghill, son of the Earl of Cork. The philosophic 



130 DUBLIN TO CUSHENDALL. 






Boyle was born in this castle in 1626; and it has been 
justly remarked of this great man, that he revived the 
memory of Lismore . University. The Castle was, until 
lately, considered a dilapidated fortress, but the Duke of 
Devonshire has repaired it with so much taste and mag- 
nificence, as to render it a splendid modern mansion, 
worthy of its ancient fame. The view from the great 
window is particularly beautiful. 

Lismore is said to have chiefly consisted of the habita- 
tions of the most learned monks, of royal abbots, of saints, 
and of hermits. The ruins of Abbeys are still to be seen 
here. A clear detail of their foundation would be super- 
fluous, for the ravages of the Danes, the conflagrations in 
1116 and 1207, the assaults by Earl Strongbow's son in 
1147? an( i by the Irish army in 1641, have occasioned 
this town to be repeatedly new-built. The Bridge is 
very handsome, consisting of twelve stone arches, and 
commands a fine view. There is an excellent salmon 
fishery at the weirs below Lismore. 

Seat : Castle Richard, three miles from the town, an 
elegant Gothic mansion. 

Pop. 2500. Fairs : May 25, Sept. 25, Nov. 12. Hotel: 
the Devonshire Arms. 

TALLOW, or TALLAGH, is a market and post 
town of Waterford, on the Bride. It has a Market 
House and a Church. This small town and Lismore 
were boroughs until the Union. Here are the ruins of 
Lisfinie, an old fortress of the Earls of Desmond, and a 
barrack. On the road to Cork is Castle Connough, in 
ruins, also many modern mansions and parks. The road 
leads through Watergrass Hill turnpike and Glanmire, 
a village four miles from Cork. Pop. 2600. Fairs: 
Mar. 1, June 14, Oct. 10, Dec. 8. 



No. 68. From Dublin to CUSHENDALL. Through 
Drogheda, and Dundalk. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Banbridge*, as at No. 1. . 60J Cushendall* . . 109£ 

Clough*, as at No. 22. . 99£ 



DUBLIN TO DINGLE. 131 

No. 69. From Dublin to DALKEY. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles, 

Monkstown* . . 5£ Dalkey . . . 7* 

DALKEY, in Dublin, is a beautiful village, celebrated 
for its ancient Castles, the remains of two of which are 
still standing. On Dalkey Hill is a cromlech, and on the 
Common are remains of a Druidical circle. Immediately 
above the village rises a mountain, and before it is a 
sound, or channel, with sufficient water for ships of 
burden, separating it from Dalkey Island. On this 
island, which consists of about eighteen acres of sweet 
herbage, may be seen a Martello tower and a church in 
ruins. Pop. 760. 



No. 70. From Dublin to DINGLE. Through Kil- 
dare and Limerick. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Listowell *, as at No. 3. . 131J 
Tralee*, . . H4£ 

Bracktown Inn . 158J 

DINGLE is a sea-port of Kerry, and the most western 

town in Europe. On the road to Dingle are the ruins of 

Armagh Church, two miles from Tralee ; b\ miles farther, 

Kilgobbin Church is to the right. The ruin of Minard 

Castle is on the left, near the village of Lispole. 

Dingle Bay was formerly a great resort of merchants, and 
the privileges of this town, granted by Elizabeth and her 
successors, are considerable. The harbour is half a mile 
broad, and is well sheltered from the winds. Smerwick Har- 
bour and V entry Bay are dependant upon this port. There 
was a monastery in Dingle, and a part of its splendid Church, 
called St. Mary's Chapel, is preserved in repair, for 
divine worship. It is said that this church and part of 
the town is of Spanish erection, the houses having stone 
balconies. Upon the site of an ancient Castle, built in 
1580, is the town Gaol. Dingle also possesses a Roman 
Catholic Chapel, and a Lancasterian School. The seat of 
Maurice Fitzgerald, the Knight of Kerry, is charmingly 
situated near the town. 



Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Lispole 


. 1621 


Dingle 


166 



132 DUBLIN TO DONAGHADEE. 

In the vicinity of Dingle are many interesting objects ; 
the ruins of Burnham Castle, and Burnham, the mansion 
and demesne of Lord Ventry ; also the village of Ventry, 
and the bay of the same name, at which are some Danish 
forts. Mount Brandon, a range of mountain of great 
height, is the chief land-mark for vessels entering the 
Shannon, and commands an exquisite prospect. Dun- 
more Head, the westernmost point of Ireland, is at the 
extremity of the promontory. Off this headland are 
situated the Blasques or Ferriter*s Islands, Inismorc is 
three miles long, and is the largest of the Blasques. 
They are fertile Islands, inhabited by a gentle race, and 
there are several very ancient and curious chapels built on 
them. 

Pop. 5700. Fairs: May 1, Oct. 4. 



No. 71. From Dublin to DONAGHADEE. First 
Road. Through Drogheda, Belfast, and New- 
town Ardes. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

BanLridge*, as at No. 1. 60 \ Newtown Ardes . 8?£ 

Belfast* as at No. 29 . 80 Ponaghadee . . 94£ 

The drive from Belfast to Newtown Ardes is through 
a well-cultivated and agreeable district. Nearly two miles 
from town, on the summit of a hill, is the old church of 
Knoclcbreda, and near it a green artificial mount. At 
Dundonald, four miles from Belfast, there is a small 
Church with a Spire, a conspicuous Moat, Dissenters' 
Meeting House, Glebe House, and a few cottages. The 
former road to Newtown Ardes was over hills, but a new 
level line has been recently completed. 

NEWTOWN ARDES is a handsome town in Down, 
situated at the head of Lough Strangford, near its North 
strand. It was a Borough till the Union. The ancient 
town, built and settled by James Hamilton, Lord Claneboy 
and Clanbrassil, was burnt m the civil war, and the 
Scottish inhabitants slain. These were replaced by a 
fresh colony; but there are still a few of the ancient 
buildings. In High Street is the old Cross, with the date 



DUBLIN TO DONAGHADEE. 133 

1636 ; and near the town is the Castle of the Montgome- 
ries, the gardens and outer inclosure of which remain. 
The town bears a new and elegant aspect, and the view 
of it obtained by ascending Scraba Hill is delightful. At 
one side of the great square is a large and commodious 
Inn, and opposite is the Market House. The old Gothic 
Church is venerable, but attracts less notice than the 
newly-erected Parish Church, which is an elegant building 
with a steeple and spire, and is fitted up in a good taste. 
Here also are Chapels of the Catholics, Presbyterians, 
Covenanters, and Methodists ; a House of Industry, and 
Schools. 

Pop. 3600. Fairs : Jan. 23, May 14, Sept. 23. 

DONAGHADEE is a neat and respectable post town of 
Down, and is noted as the port of communication with the 
West of Scotland. The distance from this place to Port 
Patrick is computed at 18 or 20 miles, and steam -vessels 
perform the voyage in 2i hours. The heavy waves on 
the coast, caused by the strong currents in this narrow 
strait between the Irish Channel and the North Sea, fre- 
quently intercept the view of either shore from the Mid 
Channel. The houses towards the shore are built in the 
form of an amphitheatre, and being white produce a very 
pleasing effect. At the N. end of the town is a large 
bare Rath, from the summit of which there is a fine view. 
The New Harbour was commenced in 1821 ; it comprises 
seven acres, and is defended by extensive piers. Donagh- 
adee is much frequented for sea-bathing, and possesses a 
handsome Bath House. It has also a Church, Meeting 
Houses, a Dispensary, and Schools. 

The Mail starts at 6 every morning for Belfast, and 
there the traveller joins the Dublin or the Derry 
Mail, according to his destination. The Steam Packet 
quits the harbour on the arrival of the mail from Belfast 
in the evening. 

In the vicinity of Donaghadee are the Copeland Isles, 
on one of which, called Cross Island, consisting of 30 
acres, is a Lighthouse. In another are the ruins of a 
Church, and a burying-ground, as well as several cairns. 
Between these islands and Donaghadee is a strait of 
N 



134 DUBLIN TO DONAGHADEE. 

smooth water, through which ships of burden can sail at 
a short distance from the Harbour. 

Seats: Ballywilliam, one mile from the town ; For- 
tavo, a beautiful mansion, in the direction of Groom's 
Port. At Temple Church, near Portavo, is the place 
where St. Patrick landed in his second mission to Ireland. 

Pop. 3000. Fairs: June 9, July 4, Aug. 16, Oct. 22, 
and second Wednesday in Dec. Inn: the Downshire 
Arms. 

No. 72. From Dublin to DONAGHADEE. Second 
Road. Through Drqgheda, Newry, and Down- 

PATRICK. 



Dublin Castle to 


Miles, 


f? Dublin Castle to 


Miles, 


Newry*, as at No. 1 1. 


. 50£ 


Strangford 


. 80 


Rathfriland * . 


. 57£ 


Ferry over to Portaferry 


80J 


Castlewellan * , 


. 65 


Kircubben 


86A 


Clogh* 


69 


Grey Abbey 


. 89j 


Downpatrick * 


. 74 


Donaghadee* . 


96 


Raholp 


. 77 







RAHOLP is a village of Down. Two miles beyond 
it is Castle Ward, the residence of Viscount Bangor, of 
whieh one facade is Grecian, and another Gothic. 

STRANGFORD is a small but very ancient town of 
Down, and gives name to one of the most beautiful inlets 
of the sea, formerly called Lough Cone. The tide enters 
from the Bay of Strangford, the channel is of considerable 
length, and the current generally rapid. The Lough is 
17 miles in length, and 5 miles in its greatest width, and 
is covered with a number of fine islands ; it contains 
smelts and other excellent fish; and the herring shoals 
appear off the bar in August. This bar is 3 miles below 
the town, and within it ships find a good harbour in foul 
weather ; those vessels sailing to the Lough avoid a rock 
in the mid channel, which has deep water on either side 
of it. At Strangford is the Charter School, founded by 
the Earl of Kildare. The ruins of Walsh's Castle, Kil- 
clief, and Audley Castle should be visited. The latter 
commands an extensive view of the bay. 

Pop. 700. Fairs: Aug. 12, Nov. 8. Inn: A good one. 

PORTAFERRY is a thriving town of Down, situated 



DUBLIN TO DONAGHADEE. 135 

on the N. side of Strangford Bay, opposite to Strangford, 
with which it has a constant communication by means of 
ferry-boats. It has the remains of a Castle, erected by 
the Savage family, long settled in this county ; the pre- 
sent proprietor, A. Nugent, Esq., has a noble mansion 
adjoining the town, surrounded by- charming grounds, to 
a part of which there is a public entrance at the quay. 
Portaferry has a neat Church and Meeting Houses, and 
half a mile distant is a Roman Catholic Chapel. The 
town carries on a considerable trade in corn, and from 
June to September there is a productive herring fishery 
in the Lough and along the coast. 

Near Kirkistown, 4 miles distant, is the old Church of 
Slane, and Clanebuy Castle. 

Pop. 1600. Fairs : five annually. 

KIRKCUBBIN, in Down, is a neat town of recent 
erection, on the East shore of the Lake of Strangford. 
Its chief buildings are the Linen Hall, Market House, 
Meeting House, and the Glebe House. 

Seat : Summer Hill. Beyond this, on a hill, is Inis- 
hangie, and a ruined Church ; and farther on, the Parish 
Church of St. Andrew. 

GREY ABBEY, in Down, is a retired village on the 
East side of Lough Strangford, and celebrated for its 
monastery, which was built by John de Courcy, Earl of 
Ulster, and gives name to the place. De Courcy's monu- 
ment, and that of his lady Africa, daughter of the King 
of Man, are seen here with their effigies sculptured. The 
arches of the Abbey are still fine, but the roof is dilapi- 
dated ; its well, for the use of the Monks, is filled by a 
fine spring. Opposite to the Abbey is the modern Church. 
Black Abbey is another ruin, distant one mile, and near 
it is a fine Moat. 

Seats: Rosemount, William Montgomery, Esq. This 
is a fine mansion, with grounds well planted, in an excel- 
lent situation near the Lough, and possessing good gar- 
dens. A mile from Grey Abbey is Mount Stewart^ the 
Marquess of Londonderry's ; it has a picture gallery and 
library : on a hill in the grounds is an imitation of the 
Athenian Temple of the Winds; it is seen above the Lake. 
The gardens and forcing houses are worthy of notice. 

N2 



136 DUBLIN TO DONAGHADEE. 

No. 73. From Dublin to DONAGHADEE. Third 
Road. Through Drogheda, Belfast and Bangor. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle'Jto Miles. 

Banbridge *, as at No. 1. . 60J Bangor . . 90 

Belfast*, as at No. 29. . 80- Donaghadee* . . 95 

Hollywood . . 84J 

HOLLYWOOD is an agreeable village of Down, on 
the East shore of Belfast Lough, and is much frequented 
during the bathing season. The road to it is bounded by- 
woods and parks, and there are some beautiful villas. 
Cultra is a pleasant mansion. A quantity of small shell- 
fish is dredged on this flat shore, and is a benefit to the 
cottagers. Hollywood commands a fine view of the An- 
trim Hills, seen across the bay, the surface of which is 
enlivened by the passage of merchant vessels and steam- 
boats. At Castle Hill, in this parish, is a Lime Tree of 
extraordinary size. 

Pop. 950. 

BANGOR is a post town at the mouth of Carrickfergus 
Bay, in Down, and is frequented for sea-bathing. An 
Abbey, founded in 555, is now a ruin close to the Parish 
Church, which was first constructed in 1623, and has a 
large handsome Steeple ; in this church are monuments 
of the Hamiltons, Earls of Clanbrassil, who settled or 
planted a numerous body of Scots in the Lordship of 
Claneboy, granted to James Hamilton on the forfeiture of 
O'Neil, Earl of Tyrone. This property, with Ballyleidy 
House, passed by intermarriage to the Blackwood family, 
and is now the splendid seat of Viscount DufFerin. Ban- 
gor sent two members to the Irish parliament, but is not 
now a returning borough. The proprietor of this town is 
Viscount Bangor, whose family name is Ward ; his man- 
sion and gardens are in the immediate vicinity. The 
harbour is safe, and there is a good pier, quay, dock, and 
basin. Bangor also possesses two Cotton Factories worked 
by steam-engines ; some Chapels, and a Presbyterian 
Meeting House. The county militia is frequently quar- 
tered in Bangor. At Groom^s Port, a fishing village one 
mile from Bangor, the army of Schomberg disembarked. 



DUBLIN TO DOWNHILL. 137 

At Ballyholme Bay is a beautiful strand, on which Races 
are occasionally held, the level beach being favourable. 
Pop. 3400. Fairs: Jan. 29, May 1, Aug. I, Nov. 22. 



No. 74. From Dublin to DOWNHILL or HERVEY'S 
HILL. Through Dundalk, Armagh, and Dun- 
given. 



Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Dundalk*, as at No. 1. 


. 40J 


Magilligan Church 


. 112i 


Armagh*, as at No. 6. . 


62J 


Craigtown Inn 


. U3f 


Dungiven*, as at No. 144. 


99 


Down Hill 


. 117 


Newtown Limavady 


106J 







NEWTOWN LIMAVADY is a market and post 
town of Londonderry, situated in a very interesting dis- 
trict on the banks of the Roe, over which is a stone bridge 
of six arches. It is surrounded by beautiful scenery, and the 
Linen manufacture nourishes in the vicinity. It is a very 
handsome town, and possesses a Corn Market, a New as 
well as an Old Market House, on the first floor of which 
is held the town ball and assembly ; a good subscription 
Library ; a brew-house, and distilleries. Newtown Lima- 
vady has also a well-built Church, several Meeting Houses, 
and a handsome Roman Catholic Chapel. Dr. William 
Hamilton, esteemed for his learning and accomplishments, 
was inhumanly murdered by the Insurgents, when Rector 
of this parish. His Letters on the North-East Coast of 
Antrim assisted to give a true notion of the extreme 
beauty and magnificence of the scenery of the North of 
Ireland. The River Roe empties its waters into the 
inlet of the sea called Lough Foyle. On the shore of 
this Lough, near Magilligan, is a famous Rabbit Warren. 
This town was a borough previous to the Union. 

Pop. 2400. Fairs ; March 29, June 13, July 12, Oct. 
29. Inns : the King's Arms ; the Red Lion ; Wilson's 
Hotel. 

Seats : Daisy Hill, and Fruit Hill, are two good 
mansions with charming grounds, about a mile from the 
town. 

N 3 



138 DUBLIN TO DROGHEDA. 

No. 75. From Dublin to DOWNPATRICK. Through 
Newry, Rathfriland, and Clog-h. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Newry*, as at No. 1. . 50^ Down or Downpatrick*, as 

at No. 31. . . 74 



No. 76. From Dublin to DROGHEDA. First Road. 

Through Swords and Balruddery. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Swords* . . 7 Balruddery* . . 14| 

Man-of-War * . 12| Drogheda *, as at No. 1. 23§ 



No. 77- From Dublin to DROGHEDA. Second 
Road. Through Naul. 



Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Glassnevin 


2 


Naul 


U 


Forest . 


. 5| 


Dardistown Bridge 


m 


Brackenstown 


• 6J 


Drogheda * 


. 22 


Ballyboghill 


. lOJ 







GLASSNEVIN is a village in Dublin. In the S.W. 
corner of the church-yard is a tablet in memory of Dr. 
Delany, who resided at Delville in this village, and was 
the intimate friend of Dean Swift. Tickell, the poet, 
also resided here ; but his house has been taken down, 
and the site occupied by the Botanic Garden of the Dub- 
lin Society. 

NAUL, in the County of Dublin, is remarkable for a 
celebrated Glen abounding with craggy precipices. The 
ancient ruin of Naul Castle is finely situated. A stream 
proceeding from the Roches cascade divides the county of 
Meath from that of Dublin ; this pretty fall of water is 
in the centre of the glen. Snowton Castle is a ruin 
beyond the Naul. 

Pop. 250. 



DUBLIN TO DUNFANAGHY, 



139 



No. 78. From Dublin to DROGHEDA. Third Road. 
Through Finglass, Kilmoon Church, and Du- 

LEEK. 



Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Kilmoon Church*, as at No. 



Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Duleek . i 20| 

156 . . . JL5J Drogheda* . 25 

DULEEK, in Eastmeath, was once a famous episcopal 
city. It was also a returning borough previous to the 
Union, but is now a village. It has a new and beautiful 
Church, with a spire of Gothic architecture ; and a 
handsome Roman Catholic Chapel. The vicinity is very 
agreeable, and there are fine meadows close to the village. 
Here also is Bellew Race-course, which is well attended at 
the end of the month of June. There are some ruins of 
Churches of remote antiquity. 

Pop. 1100. Fairs: Mar. 25, May 3, June 24, & Oct. 18. 

Seats: Somerville, the residence of Sir Marcus So- 
merville on the banks of the Nannay Water ; Athcarne 
Castle ; Piatt en, 2 miles distant. 



No. 79. From Dublin to DUNFANAGHY. First 
Road. Through C avast, Magwire's Bridge and 
Enniskillen. 



Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Black Bull Inn * . 


. 10* 


Belleek Town . 


. 97i 


Ten-Mile Bush 


. Ill 


Bally shannon . 


101i 


Dunshaughlin 


. 14 


Ballintra 


. 105| 


Tarah Hill 


19 


Laghy 


108£ 


Doudstown 


. 20f 


Donnegal 


. Ill 


Navan 


23f 


Mount Charles 


114 


Kells . 


. 31* 


Inver 


. 117 


Virginia 


40J 


The Port 


. 118J 


Bally James Duff . 


. 45i 


Killybegs . 


. 123| 


Cavan 


54 


Ardra « 


. 131| 


Butler's Bridge . 


. 57 


Naren « 


. 1361 


Wattle Bridge 


621 


Strand 


1381 


Newtown Butler 


. 65J 


Shallagan Bridge 


j 144 


Donough i . 


> 67£ 


Gibbarrow River 


, 146 


Lisneskea . 


. 70J 


Dunglo 


; 152 


Magwire's Bridge 


• 72| 


Guydore River 


159f 


Lisbellaw 


. 751 


Gortahurk , 


. 1691 


Enniskillen » 


; 791 


Dunfanaghy . 


• 176 


Church Hill 


. 88f 







140 DUBLIN TO DUNFANAGHY. 

TEN-MILE BUSH is a village of East Meatli. 

DUNSHAUGHLIN, in East Meatli. The Church 
occupies the site of an early Christian church, built here 
by St. Seachlin, a nephew of St. Patrick, and from him 
the place probably takes its name, Douenach-Sachelin. 
It has a celebrated Boys' School. Two miles and a half 
from Dunshaughlin are Killeen Castle and Church, be- 
longing to the Earl of Fingal. The latter contains seve- 
ral monuments of the Plunkett family, One mile from 
Killeen is Dunsany Castle, the seat of Lord Dunsany. 

TARAH, in East Meath, is seated on a high hill 
commanding the adjacent plain. The village Church is 
now the principal object ; but there was formerly a Con- 
vent of Augustine nuns, founded in 1240. Tradition 
derives the name of this place from the palace of Ollamh 
Fodha, a prince who reigned here at the time of the 
Republic of Rome, but some antiquaries insist that no 
palace ever existed on this spot. The Irish princes were 
formerly crowned at Tarah, and here the triennial As- 
semblies of the States took place till the middle of the 6th 
century. On the South side of the hill is a Moat or Fort 
thrown up by Turgesius the Dane, and from this strong 
position the rebels were driven with great loss in May 
1793. 

Seats: Newhall, Ardsallagh, the seat of Earl Ludlow, 
and some other neat mansions adorn the adjacent district. 
Lismullen, the seat of the Dillon family, is 2 miles distant. 
Beyond Tarah and 3 miles from Navan is Bellinter, the 
seat of Lord Tara, situated on the S. bank of the Boyne. 

NAVAN, a market and post town of East Meath, is 
pleasantly seated at the junction of the Blackwater and 
the Boyne. It is governed by a Portreeve, and has a very 
handsome Tholsel. Two good stone bridges afford an 
easy communication between the different parts of the 
town and the main streets cross each other. The Church 
is a beautiful modern structure, with a fine-toned organ, 
and there is a handsome Roman Catholic Chapel, as well 
as a Catholic Seminary. The Barracks occupy the site of 
a House of Regular Canons, and in the Abbey Yard are 
some curious tombs with sculptured figures. This town was 
walled by Hugh de Lacy. It has a communication by canal 
with Drogheda, and carries on a considerable trade in corn* 



DUBLIN TO DUNFANAGHY. 141 

Near Navan are Athlumny Church, and Castle ; the 
latter is only a splendid ruin, having been destroyed by fire 
during the civil wars. Two miles beyond Navan is Ard- 
braccan, with an episcopal palace, erected from designs by 
the late J. Wyatt : it is built of limestone, found in the 
vicinity. The quarry is worth a visit. Close to it is 
Liscartan Castle. In the burial ground of Ardbraccan 
Church may be seen a tablet in memory of Bishop Po- 
cocke the traveller, and the tomb of Bishop Montgomery, 
with rudely-sculptured figures. One mile from Navan is 
Donaglimore Church, and on an eminence there, near the 
road leading to Slieve, is a Round Tower 70 feet high, 
remarkable for a cross engraved on the keystone of the 
doorway. This singularity is an argument in favour of 
the supposition that these famous towers were dedicated 
to religious purposes. To the N.E. of Navan is Dunmow 
Castle, originally built by De Lacy, and defended for the 
royal party by Capt. Power in 1641. 

Pop. 4500. Fairs: Easter Monday, June 4, Sept. 13, 
Dec. 6. Inns : the Ludlow Arms ; the Black Lion. 

KELLS is a market and post town of East Meath, 
pleasantly situated on the Blackwater. It is a very 
ancient town, and was early fortified by the English. Its 
government is vested in a Sovereign, who appoints a 
deputy. The ancient see of Kells is incorporated with 
the Bishoprick of Meath. The Church is a modern 
structure, containing the tomb of Sir Thomas Taylor, 
but near it is a tower with a spire, the remains of an 
ancient edifice now destroyed. Opposite to it is a remark- 
able Round Tower 90 feet in height and 48 in circumfe- 
rence ; its walls are 3 feet thick, and it has a conical 
roof. The traveller should also notice the remains of the 
Abbey founded by St. Columb, consisting of the original 
chapel roofed with flat stones ; the Market House built 
on the site of the Castle ; the Cross near the Market 
House, on which are Irish characters and curious sculp- 
tures ; and the Roman Chapel, containing an altar-piece 
by Guido, representing the Ascension, given by the 
Marquess of Headfort. Kells has also a Court House with 
a ball-room, a dispensary, and hospitals. The handsome 
Pillar near the town was erected at the expense of the 
Marquess of Headfort, as a means of employing the poor 



142 DUBLIN TO DUNFANAGHY. 

during a year of scarcity. About one mile from Kells is 
Headfort, the seat of the Marquess of Headfort, a noble 
mansion surrounded by beautiful grounds. Stonebrook is 
a pretty villa to the N. of Kells. At Castle Kieran, 4 
miles distant, are vestiges of a Church, a richly sculptured 
stone cross, and a holy spring. 

Pop. 4860. Inn: the Headfort Arms. Fairs: four 
annually. 

VIRGINIA, in Cavan, is a pleasing town, on the 
stream named Virginia. Near it is Lough Ramor, stud- 
ded with islands, on which are some walls of ruined Castles, 
particularly on Small Head. Two miles beyond Virginia 
is Lurgan Church. 

BALLY JAMES DUFF is a neat village of Cavan, 
near which is a Lough. 

CAVAN, the county town of Cavan, is seated on the 
river of the same name, and was formerly a borough 
returning one member to the Irish Parliament. It has a 
large School of royal endowment, a Modern Church, a 
Town Hall, a New Court House, a Gaol, and Barracks. 
Here also is the County Infirmary. A Dominican Abbey 
was founded here in 1300. 

Farnham is a noble mansion, \\ mile from Cavan ; it is 
surrounded by several lakes, the banks of which abound 
with romantic scenery. 

Eilmore, 2 miles S.W. of Cavan, is the seat of the 
Bishop of Kilmore ; the Cathedral is remarkable as the 
smallest in Ireland. Near it is Lough Outer, on a small 
island of which are vestiges of an ancient * Castle, re- 
markable as the prison of Bishop Bedell during the Re- 
bellion in 1641. The islands on this lake are covered 
with wood. 

Pop. 2800. Inn : the Farnham Arms. Fairs : May 
14, Aug. 14, Sept. 25, Nov. 12. 

BUTLER'S BRIDGE is a village of Cavan on the 
Ballyhays River. 

WATTLE BRIDGE is a village of Fermanagh, on 
the bank of the Fin, near which, and opposite to the 
mansion of Castle Saunderson, are some Druidical stones. 
A mile beyond this village is the spire of St. Mary's, and 
a short distance farther are two Loughs. 

NEWTOWN BUTLER is a village of Fermanagh, 



DUBLIN TO DUNFANAGHY. 143 

in which the Church is conspicuous. It gives the title of 
Baron to the Earl of Lanesborough. 

DONOUGH and LISNESKEA are villages of Fer- 
managh. 

MAGWIRE'S BRIDGE, in Fermanagh, stands on 
a stream running into Lough Erne from the North. In 
this Lake, which is 3 miles distant, is seen Bellisle, a 
beautiful mansion built on a large Island, planted and 
embellished with great taste. From an elevated Temple 
there is a noble prospect of the charming Lake and its 
numerous Islands. The grotto should also be visited. 

LISBELLAW, in Fermanagh, is another village seated 
upon a stream flowing from the N.E. into Lough Erne. 
Dromcoo and Castlecoole are mansions situated between 
this and Enniskillen. 

ENNISKILLEN, the county Town of Fermanagh, 
is pleasantly situated on the strait which connects the 
two divisions of Lough Erne. To the W. of the town 
Lough Macnean is also seen in the distance. The Ennis- 
killen Dragoons were highly distinguished in the war of 
the Revolution; and the town was successfully main- 
tained against the besieging army of James IT. One of 
the redoubts may still be seen. On the N. and S. sides 
of Enniskillen are bridges, and the traveller should 
notice the Royal Charter School, the Barracks, the Castle, 
the County Infirmary, the County Gaol, and the Market 
House, over which is a ball room. This town returns a 
member to Parliament. The Earl of Enniskillen's splendid 
seat, Florence Court, is noticed at No. 185. 

Pop, 1900. Fairs : Oct. 26, and 10th of each month. 
Inns: the Enniskillen Arms; Crawford's Hotel; Ma- 
guire's Hotel ; the White Hart. 

CHURCH HILL is a village of Fermanagh. The 
Church has a good square steeple. On the shore of Lough 
Erne, a mile from this place, are some Castle ruins ; and 
5 miles distant is Castle Caldwell, a superb seat at the 
foot of a large mountain in the Turaw range. Fronting 
the Castle is the Promontory of Ross -a- G out ; the vicinity 
is richly wooded, and in the bays of the Lough are some 
fine Islands. The octagon Temple is seen from the 
water, with a great wood in the rear. Pop. 180. 

BELLE EK is a small but well-built town of Ferma- 



144 DUBLIN TO DUNFANAGHY. 

nagh, finely situated on the North of the great channel 
by which Lough Erne discharges its waters into the Bay 
of Donnegal. Here is a good bridge thrown across the 
stream, which below Belleek Town makes a fall of 20 
feet, forming a most enchanting prospect, enriched by 
trees and rocky precipices. Just beyond this town we 
enter the county of Donnegal. 

BALLYSHANNON is a town of Donnegal, situated 
on the river flowing out of Lough Erne, and built on 
heights both on the North and South side of the water. 
Its bridge of 14 arches is magnificent, and the scenery 
of the vicinity is extremely picturesque. The ruined 
Castle of the ? Great O'Dormel is seen here, and there 
are several Baths. The famous Salmon-leap of Bally- 
shannon is a fall of a wide body of water 12 feet only in 
height, but very beautiful; large quantities of fish are 
caught, and the salmon fishery is farmed of the proprietor ; 
the curing-house is seen on a rock in the centre of the 
stream. The views of the sea beheld in perspective 
between the hills and rocky banks of the river are grand, 
and the harbour below the town is good. Ballyshannon 
has handsome Barracks, a neat Church, a Roman Catholic 
Chapel, and a Dispensary. It returned members to the 
Irish Parliament as an ancient borough. Ashroe Abbey, 
half a mile distant, is a fine ruin, with some remains of 
its cloisters. 

Pop. 3200. Fairs : Apr. 4, June 7, Sept. 10, Nov. 9. 
Inns: Cassidy's; Boyle's; Brown's. 

BALLINTRA is a small town of Donnegal. Beyond 
it is Dromehome Church ; and a mile from Ballintra is 
Brown Hall, with a truly-romantic demesne, in which a 
rapid torrent forces its obscure course through the earth 
with the hollow sound of subterraneous cascades. 

DONNEGAL, the county town of Donnegal, was an 
Irish Borough, but lost its elective franchise at the Union, 
and consequently somethiug of its importance. The ro- 
mantic scenery of its environs is, however, unimpaired. 
The old Castle of the Earls of Arran and the bridge 
across the the stream flowing out of Lough Esk, are 
worthy of notice. 

The River Esk issues from a lake about 3 miles in 
ength and one in breadth, hemmed in by Ross Mountain 



DUBLIN TO DUNFANAGHY. 145 

and other steep ridges; it then takes its rapid course 
through a ravine between the high slopes of Barnmoor 
and a heathy precipice on the opposite bank. Char are 
caught in the Lough and River. To the N.E. are two 
fine Lakes, of which Lough Derg is the most celebrated. 
Tn an Island covered with the ruins of Chapels is the 
Purgatory, said to have been founded by St. Patrick ; it 
is a narrow Cave, 16 feet in length by 2 in width, and so 
low that a tall man could not walk upright in it. The 
Bay aiFords some exceedingly beautiful views, and is a good 
fishing station. Adjoining Donnegal are the ruins of a 
Franciscan Abbey, founded in 1474, and at a short dis- 
tance is a noted Spa, said to resemble that of Harrowgate. 

Pop. 850. Fairs : Thirteen annually. Inn : Dillon's, 

MOUNT CHARLES is a pleasant village in Donnega 
on the River Inver. Here is a fine seat called The Hal . 

INVER, on the river of this name, has a modern 
Church and the ruins of an old Abbey. 

KILLIBEGS is a town of Donnegal, with an excellent 
harbour, which is principally advantageous for the fish- 
ery, as great shoals of herrings visit the coast. This is a 
disfranchised borough. A Franciscan House, founded by 
M'Sweeny ; an ancient Castle ; and the beauty of the 
coast, are the objects of greatest interest. Pop. 1100. 

ARDRA is a village of Donnegal, at the head of a bay. 
It has a good Church. 

NAREN is a village, built on a promontory of the 
Donnegal coast. Off this shore is seen the Island of 
Enniskill, on which is an ancient Chapel in ruins, and a 
holy well. Its founder, St. Conal, was slain here in 590. 
Here a road traverses Donnegal to the right by Fintown to 
Lifford, whilst the coast route to Gortahurk continues to 
present every variety of bay, green, mountain, and rugged 
precipice. 

DUNG-LO is a sequestered fishing-village, situated in 
the Rosses, at the head of a creek, and chiefly known as 
the market for the supply of the town and Island of RuU 
land, which being one of the North isles of Arran, is seen, 
from this haven. The only buildings are a Church, Mill 
and some convenient dwellings. 

GORTAHURK is a village of Donnegal at the head 
O 



U& DUBLIN TO DUNFANAGHY. 

a bay. In the offing there is a good view of Magharalin 
and Tory Islands ; there are seven Chapels, and the walls 
of an Abbey on Tory Island, distant 9 miles from the 
coast. Beyond Gortahurk is Cloglianeely Church. 

DUNFANAGHY is a village of Donnegal, seated on a 
cove of an extensive harbour called Sheephaven, and at a 
short distance from North Cape. Near it is Horn Head, 
where there is a natural perforation in the roof of a cave 
of the cliffs, which are 62 feet high. This funnel is 
called M (, S , wine , s Gun, and the surge of the Atlantic 
ocean, when impelled in boisterous weather into this 
cavern, with a roar heard at a great distance, issues forth 
at the summit of the cliff, and often exhibits a curious 
water-spout of some elevation. The Castle of M'Sweeny 
is repaired and inhabited. Pop. 300. 



No. 80. Prom Dxtblik to DUNFANAGHY. Through 
Brogheda, Monaghan, and Rapkoe. 



Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Drogkeda *, as at No. 1. 


23£ 


Letterkenny 


. H3| 


Castleblaney*, as at. No. 7. 


51* 


Kilmacrennan . 


. 118J 


Lifford*, as at No. 142. . 


102| 


Glen Iim 


. M*J 


Ballindrait 


10-ii 


Dim fan aghy * . 


. 132:| 


Kaphoe 


107 







RAPHOE is a small town of Donnegal, with a Bishop's 
See, founded by St. Eunan in the 6th century. The 
Cathedral has been handsomely repaired, and the Episco- 
pal residence, formerly a Castle, which was besieged in the 
great rebellion of 1641, is now a beautiful mansion. An 
ancient Abbey was founded here by St. Columb, and a 
Hound Tower once stood upon the hill. 

Pop. 1650. Fairs: May 1, June 22, Aug. 27, Nov. 4. 

LETTER KENNY is a market and post town of 
Donnegal, on the Swilly, which falls into the South end of 
Lough Swilly. The vicinity is picturesque, and there are 
mountains between this place and the N.W. coast of the 
county. Letterkenny possesses a Market .House, a 



DUBLIN TO DUNGARVAN. 



147 



Church, a Roman Catholic Chapel, several Meeting 
Houses, and a Dispensary. 

Pop. 3000. Fairs : seven annually. 

KILMACRENAN is a town of Donnegal. The Parish 
Church is a portion of the Abbey founded here by St. Co- 
lumb. A stream passing this place joins Lough Swilly at 
Rathmelton. In the direction of Glen Inn is Lough Salt, 
singularly situated on the summit of a mountain, and 
surrounded with crags and rocks. 

GLEN INN, near the head of Sheep Haven in Donne- 
gal. Two miles beyond the village is a strong Castle in 
ruins, and 3 miles farther is Ballymore Church, and an 
old Castle near a mountain about 2 miles from Dunfa* 
naghy. 



No. 81. From Dublin to DUNGANNON. Through 
Dundalk, Market Hill, and Charlemont. 

Dublin Castle to Miles, Dublin Castle to Miles, 

Dundalk*, as at No. 1, . 40J Cliarlemont* • • 68J 

Armagh*, as at No. 6. . 62% Dungannon* • • 72| 

Blackwater Town • C6J 



No. 82. From Dublin to DUNGARVAN. First 
Road. Through Carlow, Gowran, and Carrick 
on Suir. 



Dublin Castle to 


Miles, 


Dublin Castle to 


Miles, 


Leiglilin Bridge*, 


as at 


Kilmagany • 


. . 66J 


No. 26 


. 45 


Car rick-on- Suir . 


. 74J 


Go w ran * 


. 52 


Kilmacthomas . 


* 82£ 


Knocktopher 


. 61| 


Dungarvan 


, 96 


Newmarket 


. m 







Bennet's Bridge, in Kilkenny, is 5 miles beyond Gow- 
ran. Ballinabola Castle is seen in ruins two miles before 
Bennet's Bridge. Beyond Bennet's Bridge are Aanmult 
Castle and Ennisnag Castle, also in ruins. 

KNOCKTOPHER, in Kilkenny, was a borough until 
the Union. It is pleasantly situated on a stream which 
flows into the Nore, and possesses some remains of an 
Abbey founded in 1356. 

02 



148 DUBLIN TO DUNGARVAN. 

Seat : Mount Juliet, Earl of Carrick. This splendid 
mansion is surrounded by a beautiful park with extensive 
groves on the banks of the Nore River ; on a green hill 
are seen some artificial ruins ; and across the river is an 
old Castle, also in ruins. Pop. 450. 

NEWMARKET, in Kilkenny. A mile beyond this 
thriving village is Castle Morres, the demesne of the 
Mountmorres family ; the grounds attached to this 
fine seat are well planted, and extensive. The house was 
built from designs by Mr. Bindon. At Agkavillar, in the 
vicinity, are the remains of a Castle and an Abbey. The 
latter contains the vault of the Mountmorres family. 

KILMAGANY is a village in Kilkenny. Near it are 
the ruins of Cluan Castle. 

CARRICK-QN-SUIR is a market and post town of 
Tipperary ; but a portion of it is beyond the river, in the 
county of Waterford. Large sloops ascend the Suir to 
Carrick. Anciently there were town-walls to Carrick ; 
the old Castle, erected on the site of a Priory of St. John 
the Evangelist, belonged to the Ormond family ; it is 
inhabited by the sovereign of this town. The barracks 
are for two troops of cavalry. This is a wealthy place, 
and its manufactories of broad-cloth, &c, are considerable. 
In the Church is a fine monument of the Earl of Tyrone. 
The environs abound with villas, superb mansions, and 
ornamental parks, and the ground is well cultivated ; the 
scenery is also extremely romantic, and above the other 
lofty eminences is seen the towering summit of Sliebne- 
onore Mountain. The conventual Franciscan Chapel, 
having a fine tower, is situated in Carrick -beg, (or little 
Carrick,) in the adjoining county ; the Bridge is ancient. 

Pop. 9000. Market days : Wednesday and Saturday. 
Fairs : June 8, Aug. 15, Oct. 14. 

Seats : Bessborough, the mansion of the Earl of Bess- 
borough, is three miles and a half distant, and is sur- 
rounded by a park of 500 acres. The house was erected 
in 1743, from designs by Mr. Bindon, and contains a fine 
collection of pictures. The hall is adorned with four fine 
columns of Kilkenny marble. Belline, one mile from 
Bessborough, was the seat of the late Mr. Walsh, a 
liberal patron of the arts. 



DUBLIN TO DUNGARVAN, 14$ 

KILMACTHOMAS, in Waterford, is a village on 
the Maghan River. It has Barracks, and an ancient 
Castle, which belonged to the Power family. A few 
miles beyond it are the ruins of Fox Castle and Bally* 
oheroge Castle, 

Fairs: May 12, Aug. 12, Dec. 6. 

DUNGARVAN, or DUNGARVON, in Waterford, 
is an ancient and populous seaport, situated on Dungar- 
van Bay. The Nymph Bank lying opposite to this coast 
has always afforded facilities to the extensive fishery 
carried on by the townspeople. Dungarvan has many 
narrow streets, but possesses some good buildings, as the 
Sessions House, Market House, &c. The town is situ- 
ated upon the beach, and from the mountain above it 
appears as if it stood in the water : it is much resorted to 
for sea-bathing ; the mountains extend to the verge of 
the county, near Youghall Bay. The corporation, go- 
verned by a sovereign, had some extensive privileges 
granted to it by James I. The remains of its extensive 
Castle are converted into a barrack : here also are to be 
seen the ruins of several monasteries. Across the river 
is the ruined Augustine Friary, founded in 1295 : its 
steeple is 60 feet in height ; near the altar is seen the 
curious monument of Donald Magrath, buried in 1400, 
and the Gothic arch which supports the tower is worthy 
of notice. Dungarvan is a borough town, returning a 
member to Parliament. The bridge has been completed, 
but a former expensive attempt by the late Duke of 
Devonshire, to rebuild it, was frustrated by the abut- 
ments and foundations failing. 

Pop. 6000. Market-days: Wednesday and Saturday. 
Fairs : Feb. 7, June 22, Aug. 27, Nov. 8. Inn : the 
Devonshire Arms . 



No. 83. From Dublin to DUNGARVAN. Second 
Road. Through Carlow and Waterford. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles, 

Leighlin Bridge *, as at No. Mullinavat . . .68 

26. 45 Waterford . . . 74J 

Gowran . , k 52 Kilmacthomas * . . 86 

Thomastown , 58| Dungarvan* . # 99f 

O 3 



150 DUBLIN TO DUNGARVAN. 

GO WHAN, in Kilkenny, situated on a river which 
joins the Barrow, is a borough, which formerly returned 
members. In the burial-ground of the Church, which is 
in ruins, are the bones of the officers of the Castle, who 
were shot by order of Cromwell, for their brave defence. 
There are several ancient ruins near it. Seat : Clifden* 
L/ord Clifden's, a handsome modern mansion, from de- 
signs by Mr. Robinson. Three miles from the town is 
Dungarvan Church, in ruins, and beyond it an old ruin, 
called Castle Garden. 

THOMASTOWN is a small market and post town of 
Kilkenny, seated on the River Nore, over which is a 
handsome bridge ; it was a borough until the Union. In 
the ruined Abbey there is a large tomb, said to be that of 
an Irish king, traditionally called the Giant's tomb : a 
fine tower of this abbey remains at one angle, and there 
are some beautiful arches ; the Church is a portion of 
this ancient building, kept in repair. The Castle built 
here in 1180, belonged to Thomas Fitz Anthony, a 
baron of Henry II., and from him the town takes its 
name. Thomastown possesses a Roman Catholic Chapel, 
the altar of which was brought from Jerpoint Abbey ; a 
Court House and Gaol, and a Free School, erected in 
1824, by the Earl of Carrick. 

Pop, 2000. Market-days : Monday and Friday. Fairs : 
Mar. 17, May 25, June 29, Sept. 15. 

At Jerpoint, not quite one mile and a half beyond 
Thomastown, are the ruins of the magnificent Abbey 
founded by O'Donoghue, King of Ossory, in 1180. From 
Jerpoint it is eight miles, by the direct road, to Mullina- 
vat; but there is a road to the right-hand, a mile farther, 
■proceeding from Jerpoint, through Knocktopher, to Mul- 
linavat. 

MULLINAVAT. Half way to this village is the 
large ruin of Bangan Castle, and within two miles the 
ruins of another Castle. 

Ferrybank, in Kilkenny, is separated from the city of 
Waterford by the River Suir. 

WATERFORD is a city and large seaport, and is the 
capital of the county of Waterford. It is situated on the 
S. bank of the Suir, about four miles from its junction 



DUBLIN TO DUNGARVAN. i 51 

with the Barrow, and carries on a very extensive trade, 
particularly with Newfoundland, in the export of pork, 
bacon, butter, lard, corn, and flour. It is also noted for 
its manufacture of glass ; and has breweries, foundries, 
and salt-houses. The harbour is about eight miles long, 
and is about seven fathoms deep. The entrance to the 
port is commanded by Dimcannon Fort, situated towards 
the sea, about seven miles from the city, on the opposite 
shore of the harbour, and below the junction of the 
Barrow with the Suir. 

The streets are in general narrow, but the quay is spa- 
cious, and is nearly a mile long ; at its extremity is 
Reginald's Tower, supposed to have been erected by a 
Banish Prince of that name in 1003 ; converted into a 
dungeon by Earl Strongbow in 1171; was the seat of a 
mint established by Edward IV. in 1463, and was bom- 
barded in 1643 by Cromwell, one of whose balls, it is 
said, is still visible near its summit. Its shape is circular, 
and it formed the east angle of the city-walls ; it is now 
occupied by the Police. 

The principal public edifices are the Bishop's Palace, 
built of stone, the Exchange, the Town Hall, the County 
Prison and Court House, the City Prison and Court 
House, the Custom House, and the Bridge, 832 feet long, 
and 42 wide, built of American oak. Waterford is an 
episcopal see, to which that of Lismore has been united. 
The Cathedral was founded by the Ostmen, but the pre- 
sent edifice is modern : it has a fine steeple, and the 
interior is handsomely fitted up. There are also three 
parish Churches, four Roman Catholic Chapels, one of 
which, called the Trinity, is the handsomest in Ireland, 
several Meeting Houses, and numerous Charitable Insti- 
tutions, including a Fever Hospital, a Dispensary, and a 
Mendicant Asylum. 

Waterford formerly possessed several monastic build- 
ings, the principal of which were the Priory of St. John, 
founded in 1185, by King John, who had his residence in 
this city; St. Saviour's Friary, founded in 1226, and 
the Augustine Convent, of which the steeple remains, 
built by Hugh, Lord Purcel. There is an existing Mo- 
nastery. 



152 DUBLIN TO DUNGARVAN. 

This city is governed by a mayor, recorder, and she- 
riffs, and returns a member to parliament. The elections 
for the county take place here. It was formerly strongly 
fortified, but fell before the arms of Cromwell, and was 
also taken by William III. Waterford gives the title 
of Marquess to the Beresford family : Clonegan Tower, 
erected in memory of a son of the late lord, is 72 feet 
high. 

Steam-vessels maintain a daily communication between 
Waterford and Milford Haven, performing the passage in 
from eight to twelve hours. The mail goes daily from 
Waterford to Kilkenny. 

Pop. 36,000. Market days : Wednesday and Satur- 
day. Fairs : May 4, June 24, Oct. 25. Hotels : Com- 
mins's ; the Commercial ; the Bridge ; the Chamber of 
Commerce ; the Packet. 

Seats: Kilmanahan Castle, repaired in a venerable 
Gothic style, is seen upon a rock at the bending of the 
River Suir. Curraghmore, Marquess of Waterford : this 
demesne is extremely picturesque, and commands a noble 
prospect of the Suir : it consists of 2800 acres. 

New Geneva, Dunmore, the Hook Tower, on the 
Wexford point of the entrance to the harbour, and the 
sea-bathing town of Tramore, in the county of Water- 
ford, are the usual excursions from Waterford. Tramore 
is a pleasant village, having Assembly Rooms and conve- 
nient Inns. It is seated on Tramore Bay, six miles from 
Waterford. Grandison Castle, on the banks of the Suir, 
near Waterford, is a fine and picturesque ruin. 



No, 84. From Dublin to DUNGARVAN. Third 
Road. Through Carlow and Cloxmell. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to 3Iilcs. 

Clonmell*, as at No, 26. . 81| Dungarvan * » . 100 



DUBLIN TO ENNIS. 153 

No. 85. From Dublin to DUNGLO. Through St ra- 
bane, Castle Fin, and Fin Town. 



Dublin Castle to 


MUet. 


Dublin Castle to 


Miles, 


Drogheda*, as at No. 1. . 


m 


Stranorlane 


. 112f 


Castleblaney*, as at No. 7- 


51| 


Ballybofey . 


. 113J 


Strabane*, as at No. 142. 


1011 


Cloghan . 


. 118$ 


Lifford * 


102| 


Fin Town 


125| 


Castlefin 


107 


Shallagan Bridge * 


. 130* 


Killygordon 


110 


Dunglo * 


138£ 



CASTLEFIN is a village and post town of Donnegal, 
on the N. bank of the River Fin. 

KILLYGORDON is in Donnegal. A ruined Castle is 
seen at the foot of a mountain, one mile and a quarter 
beyond thisVillage. Fairs: Mar. 3, May 31, Aug. 31, Dec. 1. 

STRANORLANE is a pleasant little post town of 
Donnegal, on the N. bank of the Fin. This fine stream 
runs parallel with the great road which traverses the 
centre of Donnegal longitudinally from the Lake near 
Fintown, as far as Lhford. At Stranorlane the road 
crosses the River to Ballybofey on the opposite side. 

Pop. 900. Fairs: March 29, July 6, Aug. 12, Oct. 
10, Dec. 9. 

BALLYBOFEY is a neat market town of Donnegal, 
on the S. bank of the Fin. Contiguous to the town are 
extensive bleach-works, and on the opposite side of the 
river is Drumlo Castle, a handsome modern mansion, 
belonging to Sir S. Hayes. At a short distance also across 
the River, is Wells Town. Fairs : Six annuallv. Inn : 
Taylor's. 

CLOGHAN, a village and Church, in the county of 
Donnegal. 

FIN TOWN is a village of Donnegal, situated near 
the egress of the River from Lough Fin. This lake is 
two miles in length ; and a mile from Fin Town is ano- 
ther small lake. Fairs : May 16, July 3, Sept. 3, Nov. 3. 



No. 86. From Dublin to ENNIS. First Road. 
Through Limerick. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Cattle to Miles. 

Limerick*, as at No. 3. . 94 Clare .... 112£ 
Six-Mile Bridge . „ 102f Ennis .... 114£ 
Ardsallas . . , 108J 



154 DUBLIN TO ENNIS. 

Meelick, in Clare, is three miles and a quarter from 
Limerick. Bunratty Castle is seen on the Shannon side ; 
it was built in 1277, and belonged to the Earls of Tho- 
mond. The town of Bunratty was burnt in 131.4. 

SIX-MILE BRIDGE, in Clare, is a post town, on the 
small River Gearn. 

Three miles beyond Six-Mile Bridge is the Coach and 
Horses Inn, from which a road on the left-hand proceeds 
through the village of Newmarket to Clare and Ennis, 
being three miles shorter than the old road through Ard- 
sallas. 

ARDSALLAS, in Clare, is a neat village, with a 
castle in ruins. A mile from it are the elegant Gothic 
ruins of Quin Abbey, with handsome cloisters. Seat : 
Dromoland, Sir Edward O'Brien's, is situated close to 
the River Fergus : this fine mansion has very beautiful 
woods and a charming lake appertaining to it ; as well as 
a ruined Castle, at the foot of a high hill. The Fergus is 
very broad at its junction with the Shannon. 

CLARE, giving name to the county, is a picturesque 
village, on the Fergus. In an island of this river is 
Clare Castle, used for a barrack. A mile farther is the 
venerable ruin of Clare Abbey, founded in 1195, by Do- 
nald O'Brien, King of Limerick. Pop. 550. 

ENNIS, the capital of Clare, is situated on the Fergus, 
by means of which it has an easy navigation to the 
Shannon. The Church is a handsome modern structure, 
and close to it is the celebrated Franciscan Abbey, founded 
by O'Brien in 1250, and considered the most elegant 
Gothic monastery in Ireland ; the windows are lofty, and 
are adorned with rich tracery. The other public build- 
ings are the Town Hall, the School, on Erasmus Smith's 
foundation, the County Gaol, the County Infirmary, and 
the Lunatic Asylum. The town is governed by a Pro- 
vost, and returns one member to Parliament. 

At Callan Mountain, eight miles West of Ennis, may 
be seen the Ogham or Druidical inscription : " Beneath 
this flag is interred Conan the turbulent and swift -footed," 
discovered in 1784, on a stone nearly eight feet long, by 
four broad, covering a tumulus* His death and burial 
are recorded by Ossiau. 



DUBLIN TO ENNIS. I55 

The county of. Clare was the ancient Thomond ; it is 
in the province of Minister, but once formed a part of 
Connaught. Burren, a barony in the north of the 
county, is exceedingly rocky. 

Pop. 7500. Fairs : Saturday after Easter week, May 
9, Aug. 14. Sept. 3, Oct. 14, Dec. 3. Hotel : Stammer's. 



No. 87- From Dublin to ENNIS. Second Road. 
Through Shannon Bridge, Ballinasloe, and 

LOUGHREA. 
Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Kilbeggan*, as atNo. 97- 44J Aghrim . . .73 

Lisminy . . . 46J Loughrea* . . 86 

Clara . . 48J Kilcrist . . .89 

Ballycumber . . 51£ Gort ... 98 

Fearbane . . 57 Tubberdonny , . 102J 

Shannon Bridge . . 65 Crusheen . 4 105§ 

Ballinasloe* . ?1| Ennis* . . . 112 J 

LTSMINY is a village of King's County. On the 
road from Kilbeggan may be seen the ruin of Moycashill 
Castle, and the River Brosna. 

CLARA, in King's County, is a beautiful town by the 
Brosna, the banks of which are adorned by bleaching-greens. 
The chief objects in and near Clara are its Church, and 
the ancient castles of Erry and Kilcoicrsey, the latter 
being the name of the barony. In 1821, occurred in the 
vicinity of Clara, one of those extraordinary phenomena 
termed moving bogs. The Bog of Kilmaleady flowed in 
an uninterrupted course for three miles. 

BALLYCUMBER is a village in King's County, on 
the River Brosna. It has a Church, and in the vicinity 
are several castellated ruins. 

FEARBANE is a post and fair town of King's County, 
pleasantly situated on the Brosna, and much celebrated 
for its antiquities. Cool Castle is seen near the Brosna 
River, on the road from Ballycumber ; adjacent to Fear- 
bane also is the ruined Castle of Killcolgan. The eccle- 
siastical remains at Clonmacnoise, and near Fearbane, 
have long engaged the attention of antiquaries. The 



15fr DUBLIN TO ENNIS, 

cemetery, with the rains of seven churches, is much 
famed as a holy place of sepulture, and contains tombs of 
many princes and chiefs, the ancient inscriptions of which 
are remarkable. The Abbey, built by St. Kieran, is a 
ruin on an eminence, commanding a grand and delightful 
prospect of the Shannon ; this was in early ages the site 
of a Bishop's see, which now forms a part of the Bishopric 
ofMeath. The Church of Feanpull Mac Der mot con- 
tains rich remains of elegant architecture; its carved 
doors and statues, and its highly-sculptured cross, in one 
block of stone fifteen feet in height, together with nume- 
rous monastic vestiges, deserve attention. There are 
several other ancient crosses ; the shaft of the cross, in 
two instances, is fixed in a square die of massive stone. 
Of the Round Towers near Fearbane and Clonmacnoise, 
the principal one is dilapidated ; it has its entrance 12 
feet from the ground : the other Round Tower is small, 
but in good preservation. 

Seats: Gallen or Gillan ; Kincor ; Balylin ; Straw- 
berry Hill, three miles distant, formerly the residence of 
Mr. Coghlan, who was usually styled " the Maw." Pop. 
680. 

SHANNON BRIDGE. Here King's County termi- 
nates, and is bounded by Galway and Roscommon. Near 
this place the River Suck falls into the Shannon. 

AGHRIM is a post town, in the county of Galway, 
having a Church and steeple, which are conspicuous on 
all sides, from their fine situation. The priory of Aghrim, 
for canons regular, was founded here in the 13th century, 
and was granted to Richard, Earl of Clanricarde. The 
battle of Aghrim, fought on the 12th of July, 1691, 
between General Ginckell (afterwards created Earl of 
Athlone) and the Irish army, commanded by St. Ruth, a 
French General, who was slain hi the action, decided the 
contest, which had been prolonged with much spirit by 
the Irish after the flight of James II. from the Boyne. 
The Irish army occupied a position upon Kilcommodon 
Hill. 

Pop. 700. Fairs: June 21, Nov, 1. 

KILCRIST, in Galway, has a Church. Near it are 
two old Castles, one of which is two miles and a balf.dis* 
tant at Kittinan Church 



DUBLIN TO ENNISKILLEN. 157 

GORT, in Galway, is a thriving town, the property 
of Prendergast Smyth, Esq. whose mansion adjoins it. 
About two miles distant, attached to the ruined Cathedral, 
which once was beautiful, is the Abbey of Kilmacduagh. 
The See of Kilmacduagh is united with Clonfert. The 
Round Tower, close to the Cathedral, is 112 feet high, and 
57 in circumference ; it is above 17 feet out of the per- 
pendicular ; and as a leaning tower excites much observa- 
tion. The Holy-well is surrounded by an inclosure. 
Gort also possesses a Roman-Catholic Chapel, a Court 
House, and Barracks. 

The river Gort is subterraneous, and there are several 
deep perforations of the earth filled by this stream ; in 
one of which the water is above 60 feet in depth, and has 
no outlet : the hollow, called the Churn, is also remark- 
able. 

Pop. 3000. Fairs : Mar. 17, May 10, Aug. 11, Nov. 7- 

TUBBERDONNY, in Galway. Near it are several 
ancient Castles. 

CRUSHEEN, in Clare, has a lake with a ruined 
Castle at the extremity of a peninsula. 



No. 88. From Dublin to ENNIS. Third Road. 
Through Philipstown, Tullamore, and Bana- 

GHER. 



Dublin Castle to 


Miles, 


Dublin Castle to 




Miles. 


Philips town * as at No. 99. 38£ 


Kilmure Bridge * 


• 


. 78£ 


33 alii n agar* 


. 41 


Loughrea * 


. 


. 88 


Tullamore * 


. 4G 


Kilcrist * 


« 


. 91 


Pallas Inn* 


. 51 


Gort* . 


, 


. 100 


Frankford* 


. 55£ 


Tubberdonny * 


. 


. 104£ 


Cloghan * 


» 62 


Crusheen * . 


. 


. 1071 


Banagher* . 


. . 66| 


Ennis* « 


a 


1 1144 


Eyre-Court* 


. • 711 




:n. 




No. 89. From I 


)UBLI^ tO 


ENNISKILL* 


Mail 


Road. Throu 


gh Navan 


, Cavaw, and Magw ire's 


Bridge. 






Milei 




Dublin to En 


niskillen *, as 


at No. 79 * . 


m 





158 DUBLIN TO ENNISKXLLEN. 

No. 90. From Dublin to ENNISKILLEN. Second 
Road. Through Navan, Cavan, and Belturbet. 



Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Dublin Castle to 




Miles, 


Cavan*, as at No. 79. 


. 54 


Callahill * 


, 


. 68| 


Butler's Bridge * 


. 57 


Enniskillen * 


. 


. 80 


Belturbet 


. 61* 









BELTURBET, in Cavan, is an ancient Borough, dis- 
franchised at the Union. It is seated on the Erne River ; 
not far from its influx into the Upper Lake ; and is an 
excellent situation for the traveller who wishes to visit 
the shores of Lough Erne, as both roads are at his choice. 
The Church, having a tower with a Spire, the Barracks 
and the Town Hall are the modern edifices. The ruins 
are of the Castle beyond Belturbet Bridge, and a fortifi- 
cation beyond the Church ; also an Abbey on the bank of 
the River Erne, in the vicinity of the Lough. Great 
quantities of linen are made in the neighbourhood of 
Belturbet. 

Pop. 2500. Fairs: Ash Wednesdav, May 21, June 12, 
July 21, Sept. 4, Thursday after Nov." 12. 

Lough Erne is a grand expanse of fresh water, divided 
into two parts ; of which the Upper Lake is perhaps the most 
beautiful : it possesses some extremely pretty islets at the 
Southern extremity, and on every side receives rapid 
streams ; some of which are rendered the more interest- 
ing, from having previously issued from Lough Machnean 
and other charming Lakes : this great supply accounts 
naturally for the development of the Lower Lake, over a 
space of above twelve miles in width, after the tide has 
swept along in its narrow current past the town of Ennis- 
killen; For its outlet, see the article on Bally shannon. 

The celebrated Islands of Lough Erne are well worthy 
of notice.- The Earl of Ross's mansion of Bellisle pos- 
sesses a charming Island for a demesne ; 'and Castle Hume 
peers over its beautiful wood, surrounding a deep bay of 
the lake. Many Islands, of either lake, exhibit very 
ancient monastic ruins. At Innismachsent, in the centre 
of twenty Islands of Lough Erne, was an Abbey, founded 
by St. Ninian ; another in Clinish Island ; a third in 
Inniscawen ; a fourth in Errois ; a fifth in Innis Roch ; 



DUBLIN TO ENNISKILLEN. 159 

but the chief foundation was in Devenish Island, near 
Enniskillen : this Augustine Abbey was, originally, erected 
in the sixth century ; but, in consequence of destruction 
by fire, it was frequently re-built. St. Moylaise's House 
is an antique and arched building ; and his bed, so called, 
is also shown : adjoining, is Devenish Round Tower, 
built of hewn masses of black rock ; it is 76 feet in height, 
and nearly 14 feet in diameter. 



No. 91. From Dublin to ENNISKILLEN. 


Third 


Ho ad. Through 


Navan, Cavan-, and Clones. 


Dublin Castle to 


Miles, Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Kells * as at No. 79 


. 31J Drum 


. 55| 


Moynalty 


, 35J Clones . • 


. 61£ 


Baillieborough » 


. 43 Donough . » 


. 67| 


Coronery « » 


. 47| Enniskillen* . 


. 79| 


Coote Hill 


. 52f 





MOYNALTY, in Meath, is a village with a Church, 
♦situated near a stream of the same name. 

BAILLIEBOROUGH, or BALLYBORO, is a town 
of Cavan, on a branch of the River Blackwater. The 
Church commands a good view. On the side of a Lough, 
at a short distance, is Baillieborough Castle, and near it is 
a chalybeate spring. Pop. 950. 

CORONERY is a village of Cavan. On the road-side 
from Baillieborough are seen several pretty lakes ; and 
within a mile of Coronery is Knockbride Bridge; its 
Church is seen near another Lough. 

COOTE -HILL is a post town of Cavan, seated on a 
river of the same name, and possesses considerable share 
in the linen manufacture. It has a Church, a Roman- 
Catholic Chapel, and several Meeting-Houses. 

Fans : -Mar. 12, Jun. 9, Sept. 12,'Dec. 6.* 

Seats: Bellamont-Forest, beautifully wooded; Daw- 
son's Grove, a pleasant residence of Yiscount Cremorne, 
surrounded by Loughs : in the grounds is a stately mau- 
soleum. 

DRUMis a village of Monaghan, one mile beyond the 
confines of Cavan : here are two Loughs. About three 
miles beyond it is the Church of Drimswords. 

P 2 



160 DUBLIN TO FETHARD. 

CLONES, anciently pronounced Cluaneois, is a market 
and post town, in Monaghan, possessing several interest- 
ing antiquities. Amongst them are a high Rath, with a 
table top ; a second larger Rath, now depressed and of 
little elevation ; the ancient Market Cross ; the Monu- 
ments in the Abbey Cemetery ; the Round Tower, with 
walls four feet thick; and the Ruins of an Augustine 
Abbey, once episcopal, which was founded by St. Tiger- 
nach, a victim of the plague in 548. This Abbey was 
rebuilt by the English in 1212, and Clonnisli Castle was 
then erected. Clones has a handsome modern Church, a 
Roman-Catholic Chapel, and Meeting Houses. Near the 
Town is a medicinal water, called the well of Granabuy^ 
which cures the jaundice. 

Pop. 2600. Fairs : last Thursday of each month. 

Seats : Liss?iabuck is a mansion, near the Lough side, 
on the road to Drumswords Churchy Knockballymore, 
Viscount Erne, is two miles from Clones on the Donough 
road. 

DONOUGH is a village of Fermanagh, on a stream 
flowing into Lough Erne ; here is a small Lough, and a 
ruin of an ancient Church. 



No. 92. From Dublin to FERMOY. First Road. 
Through Kilkenny, Clonmell, and Clogheen. 

Miles. 

Dublin to Fermoy*, as at No. 26 . . . 107J 



No. 93. From Dublin to FERMOY. Second Road. 
Through Kilkenny, Clonmell, and Lismore. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Clonmell*, as at No. 28. . 81 f Lismore* . . . 100J 
Cappoquin* . . « 97£ Fermoy * « . . 113J 



No. 94. From Dublin to FETHARD. First Road. 
Through Carlo w and New Ross. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. > Dublin Castle to Miles, 

LeighlinBridge*,asatNo.26.45 Burris „ 5lJ 

Royal Oak . . ."47 New Ross . . . 67| 

Gore's Bridge* , , 51J Fetbard , ♦ . 81 



DUBLIN TO FETHARD. 161 

BURRIS is a village in Carlow, situated a little below 
the junction of the River Nore with the Barrow. 

St. Mullins, in Carlow, six miles beyond Burris, is an 
ancient hamlet, near the river Barrow, and is the site of 
an old Church, founded in the seventh, century by St. 
Mullins, Bishop of Ferns : a large cemetery surrounds the 
ruins. A little beyond this place, a ruined Castle is seen 
across the Barrow, and we enter the county of Wexford. 

NEW ROSS is a market and post town, and sea-port, 
in the county of Wexford, situated on the Barrow, about 
a mile from its junction with the Nore. Over the river is 
a wooden Bridge, and vessels of 400 tons can come up 
close to the Quay. Several roads meet at this town ; and 
the streets, in general, are tolerably well built. The Church 
contains the monument of Rose Macrae, adorned with a 
recumbent marble figure ; it once formed the East end of 
a Monastery of St. Saviour's, founded by Sir John Deve- 
reux, for conventual Franciscans. The site had previ- 
ously been occupied by a house of Crutched Friars, which 
was demolished, and its inmates slaughtered by the people 
of Ross, in retaliation for the murder of a citizen by one 
of the friars. There was formerly, also, an Augustine 
Friary, founded in the time of Edward III. Amongst 
the public buildings are a handsome and commodious 
Sessions-House ; a Custom-House ; a Corn-Market ; two 
Roman Catholic Chapels ; several Meeting-Houses ; a 
Nunnery ; a Fever Hospital ; Trinity Hospital for old 
housekeepers ; a Lying-in Hospital ; Barracks ; an en- 
dowed School, founded by Sir I. Ivory, in the reign of 
Queen Anne ; and two Charity Schools, Three of the 
ancient town gates are still standing ; and there is a 
curious antique Cross. The parish Church of St. Mary 
is a handsome edifice, erected in 1813, from designs by 
F. Johnston, Esq. 

New Ross is considered a staple port for wool. It 
returns one Member to Parliament ; and its corporation 
consists of a Sovereign, Bailiffs, and Burgesses, with a 
Recorder and Town Clerk. The town was once well 
fortified : in 1641 the Marquis of Ormond gained a victory 
here, over the Irish troops, under Preston ; and in 1708 
the insurgeats received a signal defeat in their attack 

P 3 



162 DUBLIN TO FETHARD. 

upon this town, and lost three thousand men : Lord 
Mountjoy was slain in this action. 

Mountgarret, a lofty hill overlooking New Ross, is sur- 
mounted by the ruins of a Castle, from which there is a 
fine view. 

Pop. 7200. Fairs: April 23, May 3, June 2, Aug. 10, 
Oct. 5. Market Days : Wednesday and Saturday. Inns : 
the New Ross Hotel ; Cooper's Arms ; the Bee-hive. 

Whitechurch village and church is 4J miles beyond New 
Ross. Beyond it is a ruined castle, and Dunbrody Abbey 
on a fine bay of the Barrow ; these monastic ruins are 
grand and beautiful. 

FETHARD is a well-built town, on the south-east 
coast of Wexford. It possesses the remains of three old 
castles, one of which has been modernized ; the consoles 
and embrasures of the large tower give additional interest 
to its battlements. Here also are some Danish raths. 
Proceeding a few miles across the neck of land, we arrive 
at Duncannon Fort, whence James II. set sail for France 
after his discomfiture. At the extreme point is the Hook 
Lighthouse, at the entrance to Waterford Harbour. In 
this vicinity, also, is Loftus Hall, the seat of the Marquess 
of Ely. In Ballyteig Bay, at a distance, but exactly 
opposite to Fethard, are small islands called the Saltees. 



No. 95. From Dublin to FETHARD. Second Road. 
Through Arklow, Kyle, and Wexford. 

Dublin Caitle te Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Wexford *, as at No. 203. 66£ Clonmines * . . . 8] 
Baldwinstown* . . 7-i Tintern .... 84£ 

Duncormack* . . . 76J Fethard * . . . . 87| 

TINTERN is a village of Wexford, seated on an ex- 
pansive inlet of the sea, and celebrated for the ruins of 
Tintern Abbey, erected by W. Mareschal, Earl of Pem- 
broke, in consequence of a vow which he made in antici- 
pation of shipwreck. The magnificence of this building 
reminds us of its prototype, the beautiful abbey in Mon- 
mouthshire, from which an abbot and monks were brought 
to this place by the founder. A portion of the Abbey is 



DUBLIN TO FRANKFORD. 163 

occupied by the Coldclough family, and contains some 
curious old portraits. The parish church is adorned with 
several handsome monuments. 



No. 96. From Dublin to FRANKFORJ). Through 
Naas, Kixdahe, and Mount JVIejllick. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles, 

Kildare* as at No. 3. . 24§ Kosenellis. ■. » .45 

Monastereven * . . 30 Clononaslee . . .49 

Lea 33J Ballyboy * . „ . . 56J 

Portarlington* . . 35£ Frankford * . . . 5?| 

Mount Mellick . 42 

LEA, in Queen's County, is noted for the remains of a 
Castle, which was famous in the wars of the 13th century. 
This ancient fortress is situated on an eminence by the 
side of the Barrow, which formerly filled the ditch en- 
compassing its walls. These were eight feet thick, and 
enclosed a space 60 feet by 46. All the arches seen in this 
ruin are semicircular. Near the Castle and the Church is 
a noble ash tree. 

MOUNT MELLICK is a well-built and agreeable 
market and post-town of Queen's County, seated on the 
banks of the Owinass, flowing into the Barrow. It has a 
small Church, a commodious R. C. Chapel, some Meeting 
Houses, a Library, School-Houses, and Breweries. It is 
chiefly inhabited by Quakers, who support an excellent 
school here. 

Pop. 2C00. Fairs : Feb. 2, Mar. 17, May 29, Aug. 26, 
Sept. 29, Nov. 1, Dec. 11. Inns : Mount 'Mellick Inn, 
Shannon's Inn. 

By Ballybrittas and Dawson's Court the distance to 
Mount Mellick is less by 1 mile. 

ROSENELLIS is a village of Queen's County, near 
which the Friends have a burial-ground. In the vicinity 
are quarries of soft stone. 

Seat : Brittas, belonging to the Dunne family. 

CLONONASLEE is a village of Queen's County, 
near which are some castellated ruins. The ruin of Cas- 
tle Cuffc, belonging to the Earl of Mountrath, is 2 miles 
distant ; and near it is the glebe house of Annaghbrack, 

Fair : May 3 ; and Castle Cuff e fair, Nov. 22. 



164 



DUBLIN TO GALWAY. 



No. 97« From Dublin to 


GALWAY. 


Mail 


Coach 


Road. Through Maynooth, Athloete, and 


Bal- 


LINASLOE. 










Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Dublin Castle to 




Milesm 


Lucan . . 


. . 6J 


Terril's Pass 




. 40 


Leixlip 


. 8 


Kilbeggan . 






. 44J 


Maynooth . • 


. 11* 


Moat-a-Greno-ge 






. 52 


Kilcock A 


. . m 


Athlone 






. 591 


Cloncurry . 


. 18| 


Ballinasloe 






. 711 


New Inn . 


. 20 


Kilconnel . , 






- 78* 


Clonard » . 


. 26 


New Inn 






. 82 


Kiimegad 


. 29£ 


Athenry 






. m 


Pass of Kilbride 


. 33 


Oranmore 






. 98 


Beggar's Bridge 


. 37 


Galway ♦' 




. 


1021 



There are two roads to Lucan, first by Chapel Izod 2§ 
m. from town, and Palmerstown 3| ; or from Chapel Izod 
by Black Mills 4|, on the north side of the Liffey. 

CHAPEL IZOD, in Dublin, is pleasantly situated on 
the Liffey, and is noted for supplying the Capital with 
strawberries. King William resided here for several days 
in the mansion which was afterwards occupied as a coun- 
try-seat by the Viceroys of Ireland. 

LUCAN is a small post-town in the County of Dublin, 
situated on the banks of the Liffey. It has several manu- 
factories, iron-works, calico-printing mills, &c. The 
Church, erected in 1822, is a handsome building. The 
vicinity is picturesque, and the hotel adjoining the chaly- 
beate sulphureous spring is much frequented. The 
charming grounds of Lucan House, the seat of Mr. 
Vesey, extends along the river in the direction of Leixlip. 
At the iron-mill, near the town, is a bridge across the 
Liffey. 

Pop. 400. Inns : The Spa House ; the Vesey Arms. 

LEIXLIP is a market and post-town in Kildare, one 
mile beyond the verge of the county of Dublin. This ro- 
mantic place is situated on the north bank of the Rye, near 
its confluence with the Liffey. The groves and rocks of 
the glen are the constant theme of admiration ; and on 
the Liffey is a waterfall called the Salmon Leap. A mile 
from the town is the park and mansion, of Castletown, one 



DUBLIN TO GALWAY. 165 

of the most magnificent residences in this kingdom. The 
Royal Canal passes over the Rye by means of a grand 
aqueduct, which is raised 85 feet above the torrent ; this 
aqueduct is half a mile from Leixlip. The ancient Cas- 
tle at the end of the town is on an eminence commanding 
fine views of the river, the waterfall, &c. 

Pop. 1300. Fairs: May 3, July 11, Oct. 9. 

Beyond Leixlip, and about a mile from Maynooth, is 
Carton, the splendid mansion of the Duke of Leinster. 
It was built from designs by Cassels, and contains a good 
collection of pictures. The dining-room is a superb apart- 
ment 52 feet by 24. In the park surrounding the house 
are two ornamental pillars. 

MAYNOOTH, in Kildare, is a handsome post-town. 
The Market-House, the ancient Castle of the Fitzgeralds, 
and the Protestant Charter School, founded in 1750 by 
the Earl of Kildare, all deserve notice. St. Patrick's 
College at Maynooth is situated near the Church, and 
was long fostered by Parliamentary grants ; this is the 
existing seminary for the instruction of the Roman Catho- 
lic priesthood. It is a matter of the utmost national im- 
portance, that so influential a class as the priests of this 
kingdom, should be encouraged to imbibe religious and 
civil principles in a native college, rather than in conti- 
nental universities. The Duke of Leinster granted a 
lease for ever of 60 acres for the college. In 1795 it was 
first opened for the admission of students, and professors 
were appointed. The number of students is about 250. 
There had for some centuries previously existed a College 
at Maynooth, consisting of a Provost and six Priests, on 
the foundation of Gerald, Earl of Kildare, that prayers 
should be said for him and his Countess. 

Pop. 1500. Fairs ; May 4, Sept. 19. Inn : the Lein- 
ster Arms. 

KILCOCK is a market and post-town of Kildare, 
situated on the Royal Canal, by which passage-boats go to 
and from Dublin twice a day. Near it are Donadea Cas- 
tle, Sir F. Aymer, Bart., and the seat of Sir W. Hort, 
Bart. The road runs for a considerable way near the 
south edge of Meath, and that county is seen on the right 
hand. 



166 DUBLIN TO GALWAY, 

Pop. 1520. Fairs: March 25, May 11, Aug. 11, and 
Sept. 29. 

CLONCURRY, in Kildare, has the ruins of an ancient 
Church. Above a mile before arrival at Cloncurry, is 
Cappoge Hill, commanding a good prospect. 

CLONARD, in Meath, is situated on the Boyne. The 
Church contains a font which formerly belonged to an 
Abbey founded here in 520. This village gave name to a 
Bishoprick, now incorporated with the see of Meath. 
Here also was a nunnery. Above a mile beyond the 
bridge is Tecroghan Abbey, with an old Castle. At Bal- 
lybogan, on the Boyne, 2\ miles from Clonard, are ves- 
tiges of a Priory founded in the 12th century. 

KINNEGAD is a market and post -station in West- 
Meath. It has a neat modern stone Church, a Market 
House, and a R. C. Chapel. A mile before arrival at this 
village, Ardmullen Castle is seen on a hill. 

Pop. 460. Fairs s May 9, July 2, Oct. 9. Inn: 
Hoy's is a very good one. 

PASS OF KILBRIDE, in West-Meath. Here may 
be seen the vestiges of a Chapel and of two Castles. 

Seat : Gaulstown Park, the residence of Lord Kil- 
main. 

BEGGAR'S BRIDGE, in West-Meath. Half a mile 
from this village is a Castle ruin. 

TERRIL'S PASS is a village of West-Meath, beyond 
which are the remains of a strong Castle ; 2\ miles farther 
is Garry duff Inn. 

KILBEGGAN is a market and post-town in West- 
Meath, with a good bridge across the Brosna. The 
Abbey, and also a Monastery, with their possessions, 
were surrendered to Henry VIII. The Castle and vil- 
lage of Moycashell, \\ mile from Kilbeggan, give name 
to the Barony. Kilbeggan is a borough, having a port- 
reeve and burgesses, and returned members to the Irish 
parliament. It has a good stone Church and steeple, a 
Catholic Chapel, a Brewery, and a Dispensary. Three 
miles beyond Kilbeggan is Horseleap Church. 

Pop. 1890. Fairs: March 25, June 16, Oct. 28. 
Inn: Whitfield's. 

MOAT-A-GRENOGE is a town of West-Meath. Its 



DUBLIN TO GALWAY. 167 

modern Church has a large square tower. "In 1690 the 
forces of James II. were defeated in a skirmish at this 
place. Here is a considerable inn. Beyond the town are 
the ruins of some Castles. 

ATHLONE is a market and post town, divided by the 
Shannon, across which there is an old bridge, formerly 
adorned with a monument bearing the arms of Elizabeth. 
Part of this town is in West-Meath, but the farther part 
is in Roscommon, and contains very extensive Barracks. 
The ancient fortress, which commanded the passage of the 
Shannon, was burnt in 1641, when the town was also 
destroyed. Ginkle here effected the passage of the Shan- 
non, which was contested by the army of James. He was 
created Earl of Athlone. Athlon e possesses two Churches, 
one of which is ancient ; two R. C. Chapels ; two Con- 
vents ; and Meeting-Houses. There were formerly seve- 
ral monastic foundations. Amongst the objects deserving 
notice, are the Castle, the Chalybeate Spring, and the 
Floating Bridge. This town carries on a good trade with 
Limerick and the adjoining districts, by means of the 
Grand Canal. It is an ancient Borough, returning a 
member to Parliament. Near Athlone is a weir for eels. 
Lord Sunderlin has a mansion at Ballymahon. The an- 
tique ruin of Garey Castle is distant 1^ mile from Ath- 
lone, on the road from Moat. 

Pop. 11,600. Fairs: in Jan. Mar. 21, May 30, and 
1st Monday in Sept. Inns: The Sun Hotel ; the Swan, 
both in Church Street. 

BALLINASLOE, on the Suck, is a market and post 
town of Galway, on the confines of Roscommon, and is 
famous for a cattle fair, held here from Oct. 4 to Oct. 10. 
It has a very handsome Church, a R. C. Chapel, a Meet- 
ing House, a Dispensary, and Barracks. Close to the 
river are the ruins of a Castle, and at a short distance from 
Baliinasloe Bridge, near the junction of several roads, 
stands Creagh Church in Roscommon. 

Seats: Tulleigh, the residence of the St. George 
family ; — and, at a short distance beyond Baliinasloe, 
Garbally, the statelv mansion of the Earl of Clancarty. 

Pop. 2000. Fairs: May 7, Oct. 4. Hotels: Boyd's ; 
M'Loughlin's— both in the main street. 



1G8 DUBLIN TO GALWAY, 

KILCONNEL, in. Galway ; derives its name from St* 
Conal, who founded a magnificent Abbey here in the 6th 
century. This was rebuilt in 1400, and some remains of 
it stiil exist. Woodlawn is a handsome seat, 3 miles be- 
yond Kilconnel. 

Beyond the New Inn are the remains of an ancient 
Castle and Chapel. 

ATHENRY, in Galway, was fortified by the English 
in the 12th century, and still presents vestiges of the strong 
Castle of the barons of the ancient Birmingham family. 
The Dominican friary was founded here in the 13th cen- 
tury by De Birmingham : of this Abbey the old steeple, 
cloisters, and several beautiful Gothic windows remain, 
although their appearance is much injured by the conver- 
sion of a part of them into Barracks. Beyond this town, 
in various directions, are still to be seen the ancient walls 
of many Forts and Castles. Dunsandle is the fine man- 
sion and beautiful park of Mr. Daly. 

Fop. 1100. 

ORANMORE is a beautiful village, seated on a fine 
cove of the Bay of Galway. Oranmore Castle is the an- 
cient mansion of the Blake family. 

Pop. 500. 

GALWAY, the capital of the county of the same name, 
is advantageously situated on a neck of land, which sepa- 
rates the N. coast of the Bay of Galway from the S. shore 
of Lough Corrib. This lake extends 30 miles towards the 
N., and is said to cover 30,000 acres, besides which its 
islands contain about 1000 acres of pasture and cultivated 
land ; its redundant waters are discharged into the Bay 
of Galway by a channel passing by the town. 

Galway is governed by a Mayor, Recorder, and Sheriffs, 
and returns one member to Parliament. The ancient 
part of the town is gloomy, but the modern streets are 
airy and well-built. The principal public buildings are, 
the Church, a noble Gothic structure ; the County Court- 
House ; the Town Hall and Court-House ; the County 
Gaol at Nun's Island, and the Town Gaol adjoining it ; 
the Infirmary, occupying an elevated spot on the E. side 
of the town ; the new Corn Market in Eyre Square, over 
which is a Ball-room ; the Charter School ; the R. C. 



DUBLIN TO GALWAY. 169 

Chapel in Middle Street ; and the Poor House, or Refuge 
for the Destitute. There are also Shambles, a Fish Mar- 
ket, Barracks, several Nunneries and Monasteries, a Dis- 
pensary, and a Savings Bank. 

The manufactures of Galway consist principally in 
linens and coarse woollen cloths, but the town derives con- 
siderable benefit from the salmon, herring, and eel fish- 
eries. 

Galway was formerly fortified, and celebrated in the 
wars of the Revolution, but it is now completely dis- 
mantled. The harbour, however, is defended by a fort. 
The prospect of the Atlantic is obstructed at a considerable 
distance beyond the Bay, by the Smith Isles of Arran, 
inhabited by a hardy and simple race, who tend cattle. 
Along the coast of Galway, which extends N. W. from 
Greatman's Bay, are several spacious inlets and bays, 
clustered with verdant islands. 

The county of Galway is 82 miles in length, and con- 
tains about 140,000 inhabitants : it consists principally of 
limestone strata, covered by a fertile soil. 

Pop. 38,000". Market-days : Wednesday and Saturday. 
Fairs : May 31, Sept. 4. Inns: The Cock, and Galway 
Arms ; O'Brian's ; Matthew's ; Conolly's. 



No. 98. From Dublin to GALWAY. Second Road. 
Through Athlon e, and Castle Blakeney. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Athlone*, as at No. 97 . 59£ Menlough . . .832 

Ballinamore . • . 74£ Monivea . • . 89£ 

Caltragh . » .79 Galway f . . 102J 

Castle Blakeney . . 80£ 

BALLINAMORE is a market and post town of Gal- 
way, on the River Suck. It has a handsome R. C. Chapel; 
a small Church ; a Sessions House ; Tan -yards ; and a 
Flour-mill. Near it is the demense of Castle French. 

Pop. 800. Market-day: Tuesday. Fairs: May 12, 
Nov. 12. 

Caltragli and Castle Blakeney are villages of 
Galway, with many handsome seats in their vicinity. 

MONIVEA is a pleasant village of Galway in a xnanu- 



170 DUBLIN TO GALWAY. 

factoring district. It has a Charter School, endowed by 
Robert French, Esq. On the Meniough side are two 
ruins, and on the road to Galway are the remains of many 
ancient castles. 



Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Cloghan . 


. 62 


Banagher • 


. 66| 


Eyre-Court 


. m 


Kilmure Bridge 


. 78£ 


Lough-Re a 


88 


Craghwell Bridge 


. 94 


Oranmore * 


. 101* 


Galway * 


. 106J 



No. 99. From Dublin to GALWAY. Third Road. 
Through Philips town, Banagher, and Lough- 

REA. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. 

New Inn *, as at No. 97. 20 

Johnstown Bridge . 21 

Castle Carbery . . 25| 

Edenderry . . 29 

Philipstown . » 38| 

Ballinagar • . 41 

Tullamore . » . 46 

Pallas Inn . . 51 

Frankford . . 55| 

CASTLE CARBERY, in Kildare, has the remains of 
an ancient castle, built on a bold, rocky precipice, com- 
manding a good prospect. The School-House was burnt 
in 1798. To the left is Newberry, the seat of Viscount 
Harberton. 

EDENDERRY is a market and post town in King's 
County, inhabited principally by Quakers. The Grand 
Canal passes near it. The ruins of an ancient Castle 
crown the top of the hill, and there are some remains of 
a monastery. Edenderry also possesses a handsome 
Church and Tower, a R. C. Chapel, Meeting-houses, an 
Almshouse for widows, and a good School-house. 

Pop. 1440. Market-day: Saturday. Fairs: three 
annually. 

PHILIPSTOWN is a market and post town, named 
after Philip, king of Spain, the consort of Mary ; from 
whom, also, the shire is called King's County. It is the 
county-town, and has the advantage of the Grand Canal 
passing near it. King Philip of Spain visited this place, 
and lodged in the Forth Castle, which has since been re- 
paired, and is now a gentleman's mansion. The town is 
remarkably well-built, and paved ; it has a Free* School, 



DUBLIN TO GALWAY. 1 7 1 

on Erasmus Smyth's foundation ; a neat Church, a R. C. 
Chapel, Cavalry Barracks, and a commodious Court-house. 
Here also is the County Gaol. Philipstown returned 
members to the Irish Parliament, but is now disfran- 
chised. There are two passage-boats between Dublin, 
Tullamore, and Shannon Harbour, which arrive daily 
at Philipstown. In the vicinity is Croghan Hill, clothed 
with the most luxuriant verdure : at its base are the ruins 
of a Church, and on the summit is an ancient cemetery. 
This hill is mentioned by Spenser, in his " Fairy Queen." 

Pop. 1900. Fairs: Jan. 3, Mar. 18, May 15, June 
14, Aug. 17. Oct. 18, Dec. 3. Inn ; Murphy's. 

BALLINAGAR, in King's County. Two miles be- 
yond this place is the lofty ruin of Geashill Castle, which 
was defended by a lady against Cromwell. It is the pro- 
perty of Lord Digby. Here also is an ancient Abbey. 
The village of Geashill is noted for its pig fair. 

TULLAMORE is a market town of King's County, 
situated on the Cladagh. It is also intersected by the 
Grand Canal, by means of which passage-boats arrive twice 
a day from Dublin. It was burnt some years ago, but has 
been rebuilt in a handsome style by its proprietor, Lord 
Charleville. The streets are spacious, and several of the 
buildings, but particularly the Market-house, the Church, 
with a handsome steeple, erected from designs by Mr. 
Johnston, the Barracks, and the R. C. chapel, deserve 
notice. Here are also Meeting Houses ; Charity Schools ; 
a County Infirmary ; Shambles ; Breweries ; and a small 
Silk Factory. On the banks of the Canal, about a quar- 
ter of a mile distant, are the ruins of Shragh Castle, a 
curious square fort, erected in 1588, by Briscoe, an 
officer of Queen Elizabeth's army. Near the town is Lord. 
Charleville's residence, a Gothic Castle, built of lime- 
stone, and surrounded by well-planted grounds, adorned 
with cascades, grottoes, bridges, &c. It was erected from 
a design by Mr. Johnston. One mile from Tullamore are 
vestiges of Baly-Ecouen Castle. 

Pop. 7000. Market-days : Tuesday and Saturday. 
Fairs: May 10, July 10, Oct. 21. Inns : The Charleville 
Arms ; the Grand Canal Hotel. 

PALLAS INN, in Kings-County. Near the Church 

Q2 



172 DUBLIN TO GALWAY. 

Is a ruined Castle, and in the vicinity are several elegant 
Seats. Farther on, both to the right and left of the road, 
are vestiges of Castles. 

FRANKFORD is a market-town of King's County, 
seated on the Silver. It has a Charter-School, a Chapel 
Ruin, a handsome R. C. Chapel, a Dispensary, and a 
Widows' Asylum. The Church, which is modern, is 
situated at Ballyboy, about a mile distant, and contiguous 
to it is a Free-school. 

Pop. 870. Fairs : May 28, Nov. 8. Inn : Gaynon's. 

A mile beyond Frankford is Broghill Castle, seated on 
the river Silver. 

CLOGHAN is a small post-town of King's County, in 
the vicinity of which are many picturesque landscapes. 
It has a stone Church, and a R. C. Chapel. The village 
of Moystown, with the elegant mansion of Colonel L'Es- 
trange, is one mile distant. 

Pop. 550. Fairs: May 15, Oct. 29. Inn : The Cogh- 
Ian Arms. 

BANAGHER is an ancient market and post town of 
King's County, situated on the East bank of the Shan- 
non, which is joined by the Grand Canal from Dublin, 
about two miles S. of this place. Over the river is a 
stone bridge of 18 arches, and at its foot, on the Galway 
side, are two Towers, each mounting a 24-pounder. Here 
also is a Battery, with a magazine beneath it. The Bar- 
racks occupy the site of an ancient nunnery. Banagher 
has a R. C. Chapel, and it is intended to build a hand- 
some church. At Cubo House, three-quarters of a mile 
distant, is a Royal Charter School. The town carries on 
a considerable corn trade. One mile S. of Banagher is 
the ancient ruin called Garry Castle, as well as the mo- 
dern mansion, Garry Castle House. Packet-boat every 
day to Dublin. 

Pop. 3000. Market-day; Friday. Fairs? May 1, 
Sept. 15, 16, 17, 18 ; Nov. 8. Inns: The Harp; Hearne's. 

EYRECOURT is a market and post town in Galway, 
seated on a hill. It has a good Church and steeple, and 
a spacious R. C. Chapel. Over the court-room of the 
Sessions-House there is a parochial school-room. The 
School-house was built in 1777? an( l is endowed. 



DUBLIN TO THE GIANTS CAUSEWAY. 173 

Pop. 1400. Four annual Fairs are held here. Inn ; 
Egan's. 

Seats, Eyrecourt Castle, Colonel Eyre; it is a grand 
mansion, and has a curious and handsome staircase ; the 
grounds are well planted, and contain an ancient moat, 
within which is a remarkable cave. Queensborough, dis- 
tant 3 miles from Eyrecourt, was a mansion of the Earl 
of Louth. 

KILMURE BRIDGE, in Galway, crosses the Kil- 
mnre river. 

LOUGH REA is a handsome market and post town 
of Galway, with a modern Church, a R. C. Chapel, an 
endowed School, Barracks, a Court-House, a Linen-Hall, 
and a dispensary. On the N. side of the town is a charm- 
ing promenade ; and here also are vestiges of an ancient 
Abbey, founded by R. de Burgh, about 1310, as well as 
of an old Castle. Within two miles of the town is a 
Race Course. To the S. is the beautiful Lough Rea, 
which agreeably varies the scenery. It extends over up- 
wards of 1200 acres, and is said to be supplied by seven 
springs, called the Seven Sisters. 

Pop. 7500. Fairs : Feb. 11, May 25, 26, Aug. 20, 
Dec. 5. Inns; Belsher's: Manahon's. 



No. 100. From Dublin to the GIANTS' CAUSE- 
WAY. First Road. Through Armagh, Stew- 
art's Town, and Coleraine. 



Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Dublin Castle to 


Miles 


Dundalk*, as at No. 1. 


. 40^ 


Magherafelt ♦ 


. 88 


Armagh *, as at No. 6. 


m 


Kilrea . • 


102 


Charlemont * . * 


68£ 


Coleraine* . • 


114 


Stewart's Town* 


77 


Bushmills 


120 


Coagh 


. 82 


The Giants' Causeway . 


122 



COAGH is a village of Tyrone. 

Pop. 600. Fairs : ten in the year. 

MAGHERAFELT is a market and post town in 
Derry, having a communication with the county of An- 
trim by the handsome bridge over the Bann, at Toome 
Ferry, 5 miles distant. It has a small endowed School ; a 
handsome Church aad spire ; a R. C, Chapel ; a Presby- 

Q3 



174 DUBLIN TO THE 

terian Meeting House ; a Market House, and a Sessions 
House. The proprietors of this place are the Marquess 
of Londonderry and Sir Robert Bateson, Bart. 

Pop. 1100. Fairs: May 25, Aug. 25, Oct. 29, and 
Dec. 29. 

KILREA is a market and post town of Derry. It is 
a considerable market for linen, the manufacture of 
which nourishes in the neighbourhood. It has a neat 
Church : a School House, on the foundation of Erasmus 
Smyth ; and a large Presbyterian Meeting House. The 
R. C. Chapel is nearly one mile from Kilrea. 

Pop. 980. It has numerous Fairs. 

BUSHMILLS is a village and post town of Antrim, 
situated near the entrance of the River Bush into Balin- 
trae Bay. The windings of this rapid stream form an im- 
portant feature in the rich and varied country which 
adorns its banks. 

Seat : Beardiville, the spacious mansion of E. A. 
M'Naghten, Esq., M. P. 

Pop. 100. Fairs: March 28, June 28, Aug. 24, Oct. 
21, Dec. 12. Here is an Inn, which is the nearest ac- 
commodation of tolerable comfort for the tourist visiting 
the Giants ' Causeway. 

THE GIANTS' CAUSEWAY. 

In order to visit this celebrated natural curiosity, the 
Tourist must engage, as a principal, one of the "many 
guides who will present themselves to his notice ; and he 
will do well not to discourage the numerous peasants who 
will be pleased to assist him in his progress, and who 
will consider their labours amply recompensed by the 
purchase of some of the mineral specimens which they 
offer. 

If the Tourist intend to visit the various bays and caves 
of the coast, he must hire a boat, rowed by "two or four 
men, which can be obtained at a moderate charge. 

As far ^ as the spot called the Bock Heads, the Tourist 
may go either on horseback or in a carriage, but beyond 
that^ he must proceed on foot. The first object of curio- 
sity is Port Coon Cave, a lofty and imposing excavation, 
noted for its echo, which is generally exhibited by dis- 



GIANTS' CAUSEWAY. 1^ 

charging 1 a gun or sounding a musical instrument. It is 
about 300 feet in length, and may be approached either 
from sea or land. 

Contiguous to this cave is the little Bay of Port Coon, 
formed by a whyndyke, consisting of seven walls, separated 
from the precipice by some convulsion of nature. In the 
centre of the bay is an insulated and pointed basaltic rock. 
Beyond Port Coon Cave is another whyndyke, forming 
one side of the bay of Port-na-Baw. 

To the West of Port Coon Cave is Durikerry Cave, ac- 
cessible only from the Ocean. Its height is 60 feet, and 
its width 26 feet ; but its length has not been ascertained, 
as it contracts into a narrow cleft where no boat can pene- 
trate, and beyond which the waves may be heard rolling 
for a considerable distance. The entrance is between two 
walls of jet black rock, and is very regularly formed. The 
sides and roof are covered with green confervas, producing 
a beautiful effect; and just above the surface of the 
water is a zone, or bordering of marine plants. 

The Tourist then lands, and proceeds to the Giants* 
Causeway, so called from a tradition amongst the natives 
that Giants commenced it as a road to Scotland, but being 
expelled by the ancient Irish chiefs, left it unfinished. It 
has its direction almost due North, and the steep promon- 
tory, from which it projects into the sea, is called the 
Aird Snout. Down the West side of this green precipice 
is a path practicable for horses and mules ; but rugged 
and circuitous, and conducting only to the small bays, 
which on either side of the Causeway are narrowed by 
impassable ledges. 

To the left are the Stookins, projecting rocks dividing 
Port-na-Baw from Port-na- Grange ; and further to the 
West is an isolated rock, called Sea Gull Island. The 
Causeway projects into the sea, between Port-na-Grange 
and Port Noffer. It consists of three moles or piers, the 
middle and longest of which, called the Grand Causeway, 
extends in a sloping direction from the base of a cliff 
about 360 feet in height, for a distance of 900 feet, when 
it is lost in the ocean. The others are not more than 500 
feet long. The pillars of which the Causeway consists are 
at least 30,000 in number, and are of different dimensions,: 



176T DUBLIN TO THE 

they vary from 15 to 36 feet in height, and from 15 to 26 
inches in diameter. They also vary in form, having from 
three to nine sides, but are chiefly pentagonal or hexa- 
gonal ; and are so closely connected, that it would be dif- 
ficult to insert the smallest substance between them. Each 
pillar consists of distinct joints or pieces, the ends of 
which are alternately concave and convex. The concave 
or convex portion is a circle bordered by polygonal sides, 
which are perfectly horizontal. The pillars are a species 
of basaltes, of a dusky hue, contrasting finely with the sur- 
rounding verdant scenery, and extending, though with 
some interruptions, for about 2 miles along this coast. 

About the middle of the whole mass the pillars rise con- 
siderably, and this portion has been termed the Honey- 
comb. On the East side is the Giants' 1 Loom, a colonnade 
about 36 feet in height, and on the opposite side, in the 
face of the cliff, is a cluster of pillars, denominated the 
Organ, to which it bears considerable resemblance. The 
Tourist will also have pointed out to him the Giants' 
Weil, a spring issuing from the interstices of the pillars, 
the Giants' Chair, Sec. 

The Giants' Causeway is not the sole object of great 
natural beauty in this district : the adjoining promonto- 
ries rival it in magnificence ; and of these, the principal 
are Pleaskin and Bengore Head. On a lofty cliff, towards 
the East, are the Chimney Tops, a few columns, which 
the Spaniards, in the celebrated Armada, are said to have 
mistaken for the chimney -tops of a Castle ; and near them 
is Port-na-Spagna, a small Bay, so denominated in com- 
memoration of this event. In Port Noffer, which is 
situated between Port-na-Spagna and the Causeway, is 
amass of basaltes called the Lion Rock; and here also are 
three whyndykes, the principal of which is the Rovinvalley 
Dyke. 

The best way of viewing the romantic coast, East of the 
Causeway, is to take a boat at Port-na-Baw, and sail 
along under Pleaskin to Bengore and return ; but if the 
Tourist object to this mode, he may proceed on foot to 
Pleaskin, which is about one mile from the Rock Heads, 
and to Bengore, which is two miles from it. The bays 
present a curious appearance from the summit of the cliff, 



GIANTS' CAUSEWAY. I77 

but the Tourist should remember that the descent to them 
is dangerous, 

The perpendicular face of Pleaskin is of remarkable 
beauty, and is one of the most striking of all the semicir- 
cular precipices on this coast. It is 354 feet in height, and 
exhibits various strata. Over a dark and rugged base, 
fringed with incessant foam, it lifts its verdant sides with 
a rapid slope to the height of nearly 200 feet, whence it 
rises perpendicularly. A stratum of red ochre supports a 
magnificent range of basaltic columns 45 feet in height ; 
above which is a bed of black, irregular rock 60 feet thick, 
abounding with air holes ; and on this rests a grand gal- 
lery of basaltic columns 60 feet in height ; the whole form- 
ing a splendid amphitheatre of extraordinary beauty. 
Near the Eastern side of the Pleaskin colonnade is a cu- 
rious recess, called the Pulpit, which is best seen from a 
boat ; and jutting from the end of the stratum of red 
ochre is a projection, called the Lion's Head. 

Bengore Head, about a mile from Pleaskin, is the most 
Northern extremity of Ireland. It is 328 feet in height, 
and bears considerable resemblance to Pleaskin, although 
its beauty is not so remarkable, nor are its strata so dis- 
tinct. Coal has been found here, but not in sufficient 
quantity to pay for the expense of working it. 

The Editor has thus endeavoured to give an accurate, 
though concise, account of the Giants' Causeway, and the 
other objects of curiosity in its vicinity. To those who 
wish for more minute information, he begs to recommend 
the elegant " Guide to the Giants' Causeway," published 
by Rev. G. N. Wright. 

The formation of basaltes, of which this coast offers the 
finest specimens in the world, has long been a subject of 
controversy. Numerous theories have been advanced re- 
specting it ; but, it must be acknowledged, without any 
satisfactory result: one party, called the Plutonian, attribut- 
ing the origin of basalt to fire ; another, entitled the Nep- 
tunian, deducing it from water ; whilst a third is dis- 
posed to consider it the result of both these elements. 
Whatever may be its origin its nature is not unknown. 
The Rev. G. N. Wright correctly describes it as " a hard, 
heavy stone, either black or green, consisting of prismatic 



178 DUBLIN TO THE 

crystals, the number of whose sides is uncertain. The 
English miners call it cockle, the German schorl ; its spe- 
cific gravity to that of water is 3,000 or upwards, to 1,000* 
It frequently contains iron, and consists either of particles 
of an indeterminate figure, or of a spongy, fibrous, and 
striated texture. It has a flinty hardness, is insoluble by 
acids, and is fusible by fire." 



From the Inn at Bush Mills, the Tourist may make an ex- 
cursion to JDimhice Castle ^vhich. is five miles distant. This 
striking ruin is situated on an isolated, abrupt rock, and 
so entirely occupies its surface, that the outer Avails are in 
several places a continuation of the perpendicular side of the 
rock. The only approach to it is by a wall which crosses 
a lofty rocky chasm, and is not more than 14 inches broad. 
It is supposed to have been founded by De Courcey, Earl 
of Ulster, afterwards enlarged by native chieftains, and, 
finally, by the M'Donalds in the time of Elizabeth. One 
of the rooms is said to be inhabited by Maw Roe, a banshee 
or fairy, who sweeps it every night : this fiction originates 
in the fact that the floor does always seem as if just swept, 
an appearance no doubt caused by the wind which rushes 
through this as well as other apartments of the building. 
Beneath the Castle is a Cave, hollowed out of the rock by 
the waves, and remarkable for an echo. 



No. 101. From Dublin to THE GIANTS' CAUSE. 
WAY. Second Road. Through Belfast, Port- 
glenone, and Dervock. 



Dublin Castle to 




Miles. 


Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Banbridge *, as at No. 1. 


. 60| 


Rasharkan * • # 


.1101 


Belfast *, as at No. 


29. 


. 80 


Ballymoney * . . 


. 116| 


Antrim * . , 


. 


. 92 


Dervock • 


. 120| 


Shane's Castle* 


, 


. 94 


Bush Mills * . 


. 125 


Randalstown* . 


. 


. 96 


The Giants' Causeway * 


. 127 


Portglenone * 


. 


. 105 







DERVOCK is a small market and post town of Antrim 3 



GIANTS' CAUSEWAY. I79 

with many new buildings. The Church is a neat white 
edifice, near the bridge, across the Bush River. 

Here is a respectable Inn. The land near this town is 
well cultivated and fertile. Horse fairs are held, Jan. 12 ; 
Feb. 23 ; April 16 ; Mav 16; June 22 ; Aug. 12; Oct. 
27. Pop. 300. 

Seats : Lisconnan, Samuel Allen, Esq. ; Clover Hill 
and Belleisle are also mansions in this vicinity. 



No. 102. From Dublin to the GIANTS' CAUSEWAY. 
Third Road. Through Carrickfergus, Glen- 
arm and Ballycastle. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles* 

Banbridge *, as at No. 1. . 60£ Cairnlough . .108 

Belfast*, as at No. 29. . 80 Newtown Glens, or Cushen- 

Carrickfergus* . . 88 dall . . . 115| 

Ballycarry* . . 92§ Cushendun . . 118| 

Lame* . . . 97J Ballycastle* . . 126| 

Cairncastle Church * . 100| Ballintoy . . .• 131J 

Glenarm* . .105.^ Giants' Causeway*. .137 

CAIRNLOUGH is a village of Antrim, on a wide 
Bay of the same name. The view from the hills across 
this Bay includes some of the great mountains of Isla and 
Jura. The mountain above Cairnlough has a dismal, 
black summit, which contrasts finely with the neat and 
comfortable villas situated beneath it upon the slopes de« 
scending to the sea. The Inn has but poor accommodations. 
The lime strata of some of the hills, for there is an alter- 
nation of black basalt and brilliant limestone along the 
coasts of Antrim, when cut through for steep roads, are 
marked by an ascending line of white, being the route 
seen between the grassy slopes of the mountain. 

Drumnasole is the beautiful mansion of Francis Turnly, 
Esq., and close to it is a large School House. Nothing 
can be more picturesque than the scenery of this road for 
several miles. Beyond Knappan Lodge is Dunmaul Fort 9 
with the remains of an entrenchment and fosse : the land 
side is a verdant slope, whilst the precipice of this fine 
basaltic cliff rises 300 feet above the sea-shore ; its name 



180 DUBLIN TO THE 

is derived from Dun or Doon, a fortress, and maul, said to 
designate the payment here of the black mail and the rent 
of the North. 

Near the shore, 2 miles from Cairnlough, is Gerron 
Point, a low headland of extraordinary beauty and curious 
form, consisting of three columnar points, united by a 
natural curtain of basalt ; here also is the Foaran Path, 
an abrupt pass, on the road to the glens, so steep as to be 
almost impracticable for horses unaccustomed to mountains. 
A new road of less difficulty has, however, been recently 
formed. 

A few yards from the Foaran Path, on the right, is seen 
the Clocken Stooken, a singularly. shaped limestone rock, 
once supposed to be the most Northern point of Ireland. 

The road then winds along the shore of Red Bay, on 
which are seen enormous blocks of limestone, and piles of 
sea-wreck collected for the manufacture of kelp. To the 
left appear the hills of Carrig Murphy and Slieve Bara- 
ghad overhanging the road. 

The traveller soon arrives at Ardclinis, r ike only vestige 
of which is an ancient Chapel on the side of a lofty moun- 
tain. A torrent from this rugged hill sinks into the 
ground, and seeks a subterraneous course to the sea. 

Glenariff is a romantic vale seen in perspective as the 
traveller advances. It is formed by opposite slopes of large 
hills, the rocks and crags of whose summits are evidently 
of basaltic stone. Bay Lodge is a neat residence, built 
near the sandy shore of the sea, at the opening of Glenariff 
valley to the east. In Glenariff the objects worthy of 
observation are the sharp conical top of Lurgeidan, termi- 
nating the prospect to the north; the great peak of Cruach 
a Crue, bounding that towards the west ; and the Isnale- 
ara cascade, 1J mile distant, whose waters, joining the 
Glenariff stream, seek the shore at the hamlet of Water- 
foot, near the beautiful caves of Red Bay. Of these caves 
there are three of tolerable size, one of which is used as a 
blacksmith's shop. At the extreme end of the S. cliff 
stands the ruined Castle of Bed Bay, built by the Bissets, 
and sometimes called Castle Carey. The road by the shore 
passes under an arch cut through a bank of red clay ; and 
beyond this the dreariness of Glenariff changes for the rich 



GIANTS CAUSEWAY. }3l 

and cultivated scenery in the vicinity of Newtown 
Glens. 
CUSHENDALL, or NEWTOWN GLENS, is a 

market and post town, most romantically situated on the 
coast of Antrim. It has a good Inn and Warm Baths. 
The little tower, erected as a cage for rioters, has a curious 
appearance. The great Rath behind the village is supposed 
to have been occupied formerly by the fortified residence 
of a Northern chief. It was called Court M'Martin, in 
consequence of an obscure legend, and its site was 160 
feet in circumference. The Rath is now surmounted by a 
School House, built by Francis Turnly, Esq., proprietor 
of this village. The neighbouring mountains are famous 
for a beautiful breed of ponies resembling the shelties and 
galloways of the Scottish side of the channel. About a 
mile S. of the village are the ruins of the chapel of Lade, 
said to have been founded by the M'Fails. 

Lurgeidan, a high and beautiful mountain, is seen from 
this place. It has a flat top, and near the summit is a 
mound named Dun Clanamourne, said to have once been 
a fort occupied by Fin M'Comhal ; the local traditions of 
this vicinity coincide with the rhapsodies of Ossian. 

Fairs: Feb. 14, Mar. 17, May 14, June 29, Aug. 14, 
Sept. 29, Nov. 14, Dec. 22. 

At Estochar Bridge, on the road from Cushendall 
through the Glens to Ballymena, in the centre of this fine 
county is a beautiful cascade, which pours over a perpendi- 
cular rock, and has a fall of 40 feet ; on each side is a range 
of basaltic columns, elevating their parallel summits to 
the height of the cascade. The geology of this curious 
district is diversified by whins tone resting on strata of 
chalk, or limestone, and that unctuous earth known by 
the name of red keil. 

CUSHENDUN is a village of Antrim, with a block- 
house for the water-guard, and a few pretty cottages. Its 
inhabitants are fishermen ; it has some curious caves. 
The following are the most remarkable objects in this 
neighbourhood ; the Cranagh Cliff, 1 23 feet high, above 
the caves of Cushendun ; the residence of Alexander 
M'Neill, Esq., near the northern bank of the river Dun ; 
the remains of Castle Carra Mountains ; TevereagK above 
R 



182 DUBLIN TO THE 

Cushendall Church ; Glendun Vale ; and beyond it the 
awful summit of the Trostan Hill, 2,200 feet above the 
level of the sea. 

Tor Point, 5 miles beyond Cushendun, is about 18 
miles from the coast of Cantyre in Scotland ; the fires 
lighted by the early Scottish invaders on Tor Point, this 
being the narrowest portion of the channel, were designed 
as a signal to the inhabitants of the opposite coast when- 
ever the Irish force was too strong for the followers of the 
M'Donnells, and were called the Scots Warning Fire. 
Ancient mounds and forts are visible on Tor head* which 
is a root of the Cushleak Hills. 

At Murloch Bay, a little beyond Tor, is a whyn dyke, 
and to the N. is Drimnakill Mountain, consisting of a 
species of columnar greenstone, reclining in strata of 
various angles, and forming an interesting, although bar- 
ren, conical hill. 

A road along the shore, of the utmost grandeur and 
beauty, but only passable for pedestrians, may be pursued 
to Ballycastle ; or, near Cushendun, a road through the 
sequestered vale of Glendun, and over Grange Hill, con- 
ducts to the Carey mountains, and by Culfeightrin Church 
and the ancient Franciscan Abbey of Bona Margy (found- 
ed in 1509 by M'Donnell), to the Quay of Ballycastle, 
which is about half a mile from Ballycastle. 

BALLYCASTLE, as at No. 22. The Knock Lade 
Mountain, at the base o which Ballycastle is situated, 
rises 1820 feet above the level of the sea, covered with 
verdure, It presents the same appearance in whatever 
direction it is viewed, and consists of three distinct strata, 
basaltic, calcareous, and schistose. On the summit is a 
mass of stones called Caim-an-Truagh, said to be the 
burial-place of three Danish princesses. 

To the S. of Knocklade, towards Cushendall, is the 
beautiful hill of Slieb, or Slieve-na-Aura, the summit of 
which is 1530 feet above the ocean. It has frequently 
been the scene of combat amongst the Irish chieftains, and 
on its top are two cairns, said to be the burying-place of 
O'Neill and one of his adherents. 

About 3 miles from Ballycastle, on the road to Ballin- 
toy, is the conspicuous promontory of Kenbaan y or the 






GIANTS CAUSEWAY. 183 

White Head, so called from the chalky whiteness of its 
cliffs. On its west side are the remains of a Castle bnilt 
on a rock. Beneath Kenbaan are several curious caves. 
The tourist should also visit Grace Staples Cave, between 
Ballycastle and Kenbaan, and the chine called Buly. 

BALLINTOY is a retired village on an eminence near 
the shore of the county of Antrim. Its church and spire, 
when seen from a vessel, form a beautiful land-mark, at 
the opening of a small bay. 

Fairs: June 3, Sept. 4, Oct. 14. 

A remarkable Hill here, called Cruaghmore, is 471 feet 
in height ; and near its summit are columns of basalt. 
The Cromlech, in the grounds of the Rev. Dr. Trail, at 
Mount Druid near the village, is a massive slab of great 
dimensions placed on the top of four others, and was for- 
merly encircled by a ring of large stones 33 feet in dia- 
meter. 

Near Ballintoy is a stratum of wood-coal, which was 
formerly worked ; the veins are mixed with strata of 
basalt ; wood-coal is also found at Portmore, which is the 
chief bed of it ; at Killymurrys, near Dunloy, in the cen- 
tre of the county ; and at Portnoffer, at the Giants' Cause- 
way. 

The ancient Castles of Kenbann and DunsevericJc 
are romantically situated on the cliffs by the sea-shore, 
and some of the small bays are occupied by the houses of 
persons employed in the salmon and cod fisheries. The 
whole of this extraordinary line of coast may be seen by 
hiring a boat at the Giants' Causeway, and rowing to 
Ballycastle. It is varied by upright basaltic ranges of co- 
lumns ; promontories of red clay, covered with herbage 
and sea rack ; a rocky beach, with here and there a bay 
of brilliant yellow sand ; isolated rocks of limestone, or 
chalk ; large caverns excavated by the waves ; and falls of 
water pouring over the mantling brows of the precipitous 
shore. 

Off this coast is Raghery, or Raglilin Island, consisting 
of about 2000 acres, and measuring about 5 miles in length 
and 3J in breadth. The channel which separates it from 
the mainland is called Slunk-na-Marra, and is about 7 
miles across. The passage cannot always be effected, as 

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184 DUBLIN TO THE GIANTS* CAUSEWAY. 

the swell of the North. Sea currents is very heavy after a 
breeze or at spring tides. A boat fit for the excursion may 
be hired at Bally castle. Church Bay is the best landing- 
place, but there is neither village nor inn. The island is 
entirely the property of Mr. Gage, and is esteemed a plea- 
sant residence by the inhabitants, who, with the excep- 
tion of that portion employed in the fisheries, seldom visit 
Ireland. The coasts partake of the beautiful and basaltic 
character of the Antrim shore, and in several places rise 
more than 300 feet above the level of the sea. At Boon 
Point, the basaltic columns have a very curious appearance. 
On the cliff, at the E. end of the island, is Bruce's Castle, 
&o called from the gallant Robert Bruce, who fortified it 
and successfully resisted his enemies during the civil wars 
of Scotland. At the west end of the island are Bull Point, 
rising 270 feet, and Lough Cliggin ; and at the south ex- 
tremity, near Ushet, is Lough Runaolin. The island 
contains a Church and a R. C. Chapel. 

Pop. 950. 

Off the Bay of Ballintoy, which is commodious for 
boats, is Sheep Island, capable of feeding with its fine 
herbage about ten sheep in the summer season. 

Close to the Antrim cliffs is the celebrated fishing-rock 
known by the name of Carrick-a-Rede. A boat can pass 
between it and the opposite precipices, but the oars must 
be taken in, as the channel is so narrow, as only to allow 
the use of a boat-hook against the rocky sides ; this passage 
is only practicable in a calm, as a boat would be lost here 
in rough gales. The rope-bridge, extending from cliff to 
cliff, 60 feet apart, is affixed to the top of the rocky points 
about 80 feet high, and is a favourite venture with enter- 
prising travellers. It is only put up, however, during the 
fishing season. On the rock is a secure fishing-house, 
which from the water seems perched in a nook. 



DUBLIN TO GLENARM. 185 

No. 103. From Dublin to GLENARM. First Road. 
Through Drogheda, Belfast, and Larne. 



Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Dublin Ca&tle to 


Miles, 


Banbridge *, as at No. 1. 


60£ 


Larne 


i m 


Belfast *, as at No. 29. 


. 80 


Cairncastle Church . 


. lOOJ 


Carrickfergus . 


. 88 


Glenarnx . ♦ 


. 105| 


Ballycarry 


. 92J 







The road from Belfast to Carrickfergus passes along a 
level tract of land which has been recovered from the 
sea, and now bears luxuriant crops. On the right is 
Belfast Lough, which, at high water, presents a charming 
aspect ; and on the left are numerous villas and planta- 
tions, backed by the lofty mountain, called Cave Hill. 
It was on this shore, near White Abbey, that William III. 
landed. 

Belfast Lough, or Bay of Carrickfergus, is a beautiful 
expanse of water, at the mouth of the Lagan, extending 
twelve miles in length, and about five at its greatest 
breadth. It is almost free from rocks and shoals, and is 
constantly enlivened by the passage of shipping. About 
a mile from the South shore is a pool, where vessels may 
ride at anchor in low water, though the bank within a 
few yards is quite dry. At the entrance of the Lough are 
the Copeland Islands, 

CARRICKFERGUS, the county and assize town of 
Antrim, is situated on the North shore of Carrickfergus 
Bay. It is a county of itself, and a borough returning 
one member to Parliament. Its history is particularly 
interesting : it was taken by Robert Bruce in 1316 ; its 
governor, De Burgh, was murdered in 1333 ; the town 
was subsequently increased by the Scots, followers of 
M'Donnel, of Glenarm, and the Scotch quarter was built : 
the Castle was taken and retaken by various commanders : 
in 1568, Sir H. Sidney landed here, and received the sub- 
mission of O'Neil, the Irish chief: in 1689, it surrendered 
to Schomberg : June 4th, 1690, William III. landed at 
the Pier : 'in 1770, the French, under Thurot, made a 
descent here and surprised the Castle ; and in 1778, the 
Bay was visited by the celebrated Paul Jones. The 
Castle is a magnificent object, situated on a rocky point 

R 3 



186 DUBLIN TO GLENARM. 

of the Bay; it was founded in 1178 by Hugh de Lacy, 
Earl of Ulster, and re-erected by Sir H. Sidney about 
1570. In 1790 it was repaired, and made a depot for 
arms and ammunition. The summit of the keep com- 
mands a fine view. The Monastery of Carrickfergus, 
founded by Hugh de Lacy in 1232, for Franciscans, was 
granted to Sir E. Fitzgerald, and afterwards came into 
the hands of Sir A. Chichester, Lord Deputy, who erected 
a Castle on its site. 

The Church is an old and irregular edifice, containing 
some monuments of the Chichester family, a window of 
stained glass representing the Baptism of our Saviour, and 
several ancient tombs. Amongst the public buildings are 
the County Sessions House, erected in 1778 ; contiguous 
to which is the Gaol, and the Town Court House, and 
Prison ; there are also two Meeting Houses, and near the 
town is a Roman Catholic Chapel. 

The corporation consists of a Mayor, Burgesses, She- 
riffs, and Recorder. The town carries on very little 
trade, but has some manufactories of linen and cotton ; 
and employs a great number of hands in the fishery of 
the Bay. 

Seats : Castle Dolbs, surrounded by trees, is the 
mansion of Mr. Dobbs ; it is two miles and a half from 
the town ; and beyond it is Bellahill, the residence of 
Marriot Dalway, Esq. : the ancient Castle of his ancestry 
is seen on the road side, in a lower site than the present 
mansion ; it has two towers, supporting an embattled 
gateway, and is in good condition. 

Pop. 5000. Fairs: May 12, Nov. 1. Inns: Anderson's; 
Hull's. 

A short distance from Carrickfergus, on the old road, 
towards Larne, is Lough Morne, which occupies an emi- 
nence about 500 feet above the level of the sea, and is 
three miles in circumference. 

BALLYCARRY is a village of Antrim, at the head of 
Lough Larne : at its entrance on the right is Temple- 
covan Church in ruins ; it belonged to the Prebend of 
Kilroot, which Dean Swift resigned, on account of its too 
great seclusion. Beyond it is Red-Hall, the seat of the 
late Richard Oervase Kerr, Esq. ; now the property of 



DUBLIN TO GLENARM. 187 

D. Kerr, Esq. of Portavo : here is a subterraneous river 
which descends into the Salt Hole, but the egress of the 
stream is unknown. In the Salt Hole, the Scottish fol- 
lowers of James M'Sorley M'Donnell, Earl of Antrim, 
lay in ambush in 1597, for Sir John Chichester, Governor 
of Carrickfergus, who, being deceived by a pretended flight 
of his adversaries, fell into the snare, and M'Donnell 
struck his head off on a stone in the Glynn. 

From the Salt Hole to Larne the road is hilly, but 
good, and about three miles from this place affords a beau- 
tiful prospect. Near the village of Glynn, about a mile 
from Larne, are vestiges of a Chapel, supposed to have 
been founded by St. Patrick. 

LARNE, or INVER, as it was formerly called, is a 
market and post town of Antrim, situated on a narrow 
inlet of the sea, called Larne Lough. The harbour, 
though small, is the best port between Belfast and Derry ; 
and is surrounded by the most romantic mountain scenery. 
Larne is much frequented as a watering-place, and carries 
on some trade in provisions, linens, salt, and lime. The 
linen manufacture flourishes here. The principal build- 
ings are the Church, a Roman Catholic Chapel, and several 
Meeting Houses. 

Pop. 3000. Fairs: July 31, Dec. 1. Inns : the An- 
trim Arms ; the King's Arms. 

In the vicinity of Larne are several objects worthy of 
notice. On the road from Larne, towards Ballynure, is 
Tubbermore Well, the waters of which turn two mills. 
At the extremity of a peninsula, called the Curraan, 
forming the North side of Larne Harbour, are the ruins 
of Olderfieet Castle, and on the road to it may be seen the 
remains of Clondumales Chapel. This Castle was erected 
by one of the Bissetts, who possessed the property in this 
vicinity in the time of Henry III. It was here that Lord 
Edward Bruce, the brother of the Scottish king, landed 
in 1315, with the design of conquering Ireland, an 
attempt which created much misery, and was the cause of 
much bloodshed throughout the kingdom. 

From Olderfieet Castle, there is a ferry to the penin- 
sula, improperly called Island Magee, as it is not sepa- 
rated from the main land. Having landed, the tourist 



188 DUBLIN TO GLENARM, 

will perceive two roads ; one of which, towards Brown's 
Bay, will be his best route. At a short distance is a 
Druidical Cromlech, and to the East of Brown's Bay is a 
Rocking Stone, called the Giant's Cradle. About two 
miles farther, beyond Portmuck, are the Gobbins basaltic 
cliffs, 200 feet high, reaching as far as Black Cave Head. 
Over these heights were precipitated the bodies of thirty 
Catholics, who had been cruelly massacred by Monroe, 
the Scottish commander of Carrickfergus Castle, in the 
reign of Charles I. 

At Portmuck are the ruins of a Castle ; and South of 
the Gobbins is Castle Chichester, beautifully situated. At 
the West end of Island Magee is Slaughter Ford, a 
rivulet, so called in memory of the massacre above men- 
tioned ; and a hill near it, surmounted by a lighthouse, is 
named Murder slay. 

The whole coast is rugged, and is lashed by the surges 
of a heavy current, which has in several places, particu- 
larly beneath the Gobbins, perforated the cliffs in the 
form of caves. Along the shore are gathered large quan- 
tities of the Dullisk marine plant, which is a favourite 
article of food with the peasantry. Laver is also found 
and prepared here. The Gobbins are frequented by 
various kinds of sea-fowl ; the most remarkable of which 
are the Goss-Hawks : a pair of these birds was formerly 
the tribute, or rent, paid for the peninsula ; and the 
festival of Hawklifting, on Midsummer-day, was a grand 
scene of merriment. The process of lifting the hawks, as 
the catching of them is termed, was performed by men 
who had ropes fastened round their waists, and were then 
lowered down the front of the cliffs to the nests of the 
birds. Kelp is made along the East coast of the peninsula; 
and herrings, turbot, and blockens are caught here in 
great quantities. 

In this peninsula, formerly, stood the monastic houses 
of Kill Reran and White Kirk. Off the mouth of Old 
Fleet Harbour, and North of Magee Island, is a cluster 
of rocky islets, called the Maidens, 

About two miles from Larne, on the left of the road 
towards Glenarm, is seen Agnew\s Hill, one of the highest 
in the county, the summit being 1450 feet above the level 



DUBLIN TO GLENARM. 189 

of the sea. Here is Killewater Castle, the splendid man- 
sion of Mr. Agnew. 

CAIRNCASTLE CHURCH is a village of Antrim, 
with a small Church seen beneath the Salagh Braes, — a 
range of precipitous hills composed of limestone and 
basalt, surmounted by turf. The old ruin of Cairn Castle 
stands on an insulated rock at the foot of Ballygelly Pro- 
montory. Here the sea forms a fine open Bay; above 
which, on a rugged site, is Shaw Castle, the venerable 
mansion of the Shaw family. East of the Salagh Braes 
is Knock Doo, or the Black Hill, a conical mountain of 
gloomy appearance. As the road approaches Glenarm, it 
commands a fine view.. 

GLENARM is a small village of Antrim, delightfully 
situated on a mountain stream, and encircled by high, 
ridges, some of which are composed of lime, much used 
for manure as well as for mortar. The coast here is re- 
markably picturesque, and the bay is much resorted to for 
bathing. Near the beach is the Church with its cemetery, 
and adjacent are the remains of the Franciscan friary, 
founded in 146*5 by Bisset of Glenarm. The Meeting- 
House, which was erected in 1762 at the expense of the 
Earl of Antrim, occupies a commanding eminence over- 
looking the Bay. Glenarm Castle, the modernized man- 
sion of Mr. M'Donnell, is a noble building surrounded by 
fine plantations. The Little Deer Park, on the S. 
side of the Bay, is a scene well worthy the tourist's 
attention. 

Pop. 850. 



No. 104. From Dublin to GLENARM. Second 
Road. Through Drogheda, Belfast, and Bal- 
lynure. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Banbridge*, as at !S T o. 1. 60^ Ballynure , 90f 

Belfast*, as at No. 29. . 80 Killwater . 95£ 

Carmoney* . 86 Caimcastle Church* . 98£ 

Straid . . 89| Glenarm* . 103§ 

STRAID is a village of Antrim on a bleak ridge of 
low hill. 



190 DUBLIN TO GLENDALOUGH. 

BALLYNURE is a pleasant village of Antrim. 

KILL WATER, or KILLWAGHTER, is a village 
of Antrim, near Agnew's Hill. Here is a torrent bear- 
ing the same name. 



No. 105. From Dublin to GLENDALOUGH, or the 

SEVEN CHURCHES. By the New Military Road. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Eathfamliam . . 3 Glendalough. . . 24 

Togherlnn . . 18 

RATHFARNHAM is a village of Dublin. In the 
churchyard are deposited the remains of Lord Avonmore, 
the friend of Curran, Rathfarnham Castle is an exten- 
sive fabric, which was long a seat of the Loftus family : 
it now belongs to the Marquis of Ely. 

The Military Road commences at Rathfarnham, and, 
crossing the central part of the mountainous district of 
Wicklow, forms a communication between Dublin and 
the interior and S. W. parts of Ireland. It was execu- 
ted after the rebellion of 1798, and terminates at the Bar- 
racks of Aghavanagh. 

GLENDALOUGH, or the SEVEN CHURCHES, as it 
is commonly called, is an ancient city, which enjoyed consi- 
derable celebrity in the early ages of Christianity, but now 
consists only of a few ruined edifices, seldom visited except 
by the curious traveller or the enthusiastic pilgrim. It is 
situated in the Valley of Glendalough, amidst the moun- 
tain fastnesses of Wicklow, and is about 5 miles N. W. of 
Rathdrum. This valley is about 2 J miles in length, and 
varies in breadth from 1 to 2000 yards. It is surrounded 
on every side, except that by which it is entered, by steep 
and lofty mountains, and presents a scene of striking 
grandeur and sublimity. 

St. Kevin or Coemgene, who founded the first abbey 
in this romantic vale, was born in 498, and upon taking 
the cowl is said to have retired to these wilds, where he 
wrote the Life of St. Patrick and other works ; he died in 
618, at the great age of 120. Glendalough shortly after- 
wards became a bishop's see, and continued so till 1214, 



DUBLIN TO GLENDALOUGH. 19I 

when it was united to the archbishoprick of Dublin. To 
this union, however, a long resistance was made, and it 
was not till 1479 that Friar White made a formal surren- 
der of the see in St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. 

A narrow road, but passable for carriages, commences 
at the E. end of the valley, and leads to the ruins of the 
city, which are about a mile from the entrance. The first 
object that strikes the attention is the Ivy Church, so 
called from the vesture in which it is clad. This was a 
small chapel of rude execution, and is now quite in ruins. 
At one end of it were the remains of a round tower, but 
these fell down in 1818. About a quarter of a mile dis- 
tant is the Market Place of the ancient city, whence a 
paved road, some portions of which are still visible, led to 
Hollywood on the borders of Kildare. Near it is St. 
Kevin's Rivulet, said to possess miraculous healing powers 
on Sundays, Thursdays, and on the Festival of the 
Saint. 

The visiter then crosses the Glendason river by a series 
of stepping-stones, and arrives at the area in which the 
Seven Churches, properly so called, are situated. The 
entrance is formed by a stone archway 16 feet wide. The 
most prominent object is the Cathedral, originally built 
by St. Kevin. It is in the Saxon style of architecture, 
and the nave measures 47 feet by 30 : the E. window is 
richly carved, and diminishes so much as to become a 
mere loop-hole ; beneath it are some curious sculptures. 
Near the Cathedral are the ruins of a building called 
the Priest's Cell, and a stately tomb. In the churchyard 
are some remains of ancient crosses, one of which is an 
entire block 11 feet high. Here also is a Round Tower 
in excellent preservation ; it is 110 feet in height, and 
the circumference, at the base, is 52 feet. 

Nearly parallel with the Cathedral stands St. Kevin's 
Kitchen, the most perfect of the Seven Churches. It is 
roofed with thin stones, and at the W. end is a circular 
steeple. The interior measures 23 feet by 15, and com- 
municates by an arch with a small Chapel. To the W. of 
the Cathedral stood Our Lady^s Church, now in a ruinous 
condition, and overgrown with ivy. 

The Hhefeart, or Sepulchre of Kings^ celebrated as the 



192 DUBLIN TO GLENDALOUGH. 

burial place of the princes of the race of O' Toole, is situ* 
ated on the other side of the stream which flows from the 
Upper Lake in the Valley. The church itself is a shape- 
less ruin, and the cemetery is overgrown with brambles. 
Near the Khefeart is a conical heap of stones, to which 
pilgrims resort to do penance. 

In a recess of Mount Lugduff are vestiges of Team- 
jpull-na-Skellig, or Priory of the Rock, or Temple of the 
Desart, and in a rocky projection near it is St. Kevin's 
Bed, a cave which is almost inaccessible. 

The Abbey, which is the most Eastern Church, was 
dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul, but is so ruinous as to 
have lost nearly all trace of architectural character. The 
sculptures with which it was adorned present, however, 
some very curious devices. Near it is a Chapel or Ora- 
tory, which contained the tomb of St. Kevin. 

The two lakes, from which this valley derives its name, 
(Glendalough, i. e. Valley of the Two Lakes) are situated 
to the W. of the Cathedral, and are divided by a watery 
meadow. Rocky eminences project boldly above these 
lakes, and afford the daring pedestrian prospects of awful 
sublimity. 



About 4 miles S.M r . of Glendalough is the Vale of 
Glenmalure, a wild district of considerable celebrity in 
Irish History as the retreat of Teagh O'Byrn, in the time 
of Elizabeth. It is 4| miles in length, and is bounded by 
steep mountains, and almost inaccessible rocks of gloomy 
and frowning aspect. The Avonbeg rises here and flows 
down the centre of the valley, and the road runs parallel 
with it along the entire length. In the middle of the 
Vale are Drumgoff Barracks, capable of containing 300 
men, and near it is a very comfortable Inn. Here the 
traveller may procure a guide to assist him in the ascent 
of Lugnaquilla, the highest mountain in Wicklow, being 
3,070 feet above the level of the sea, as well as to visit 
the Lead mines of Ballmafinchogue. 



From Glendalough the traveller may go to Wicklow, 
which is 11 miles distant, passing by the village oiDerry* 



DUBLIN TO HILLSBOROUGH, 1$3 

haun, with a lofty hill of the same name ; Anamoe, where 
there is a tolerable Inn for pedestrians ; near the DeviPs 
Glen, one of the most picturesque dales of Wicklow ; 
Glenmore Castle ; and thence by Newry Bridge to 
Wicklow. 



No. 106. From Dublin to HEADFORD. Through, 
Kinnegad, Athlone, and Tuam. 



Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Dublin Castle to 


Miles* 


Athlone*, as at No. 97. 


59§ 


Castle-Hacket 


. 97£ 


Tuam* as at No. 123. 


. 93 


Headford 


. 103 



CASTLE-HACKET, in Galway. At the foot of 
Knockmac Hill ; close to this place is a Castle Ruin- 
Three miles beyond the village is a small circular Lough„ 
with a Church near its bank. 

Fair : Oct. 2. 

HEADFORD is a handsome post town, of Galway,, 
with a Church and Spire. Near it is a fine ancient 
mansion of the St. George family. Headford gave the; 
title of Marquess to the Earl of Bective. The River 
Blackwater flows from hence into Lough Corrib, passing 
in its course the beautiful ruin of Ross Abbey, 2 miles. 
W. of Headford. This great lake is 30 miles long, and. 
from 4 to 6 in breadth ; it contains many beautiful 
Islands. The Gillaroe trout are in great estimation. 

Pop. 1600. Fairs : May 11 ; Oct. 14. 



No. 107. From Dublin to HILLSBOROUGH:. 
Through Swords, Newry, and Dromore. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Mii'eS-. 

Banbridge* as at No. 1. 60| Hillsborough * , . 69§ 

Dromore* . €6 



194 DUBLIN TO HOWTH. 

No. 108. From Dublin to HOWTH. 



Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Ballyboughbridge 


• 1| 


Raheney Strand . 


• 4£ 


Fair View 


• li 


Build oyle 


• 5J 


Royal Charter-School 


2 


Killbarrick 


. H 


Clontarf Town 


2| 


Kowth . . 


- 7 


Sheds of Clontarf 

TTip 'RnoirtJ. Chn.vtP'i 


• S!rh,nn7. 


was incnmnratpA In 


/ (TpnTo-p 



II. in 1733. It is a capacious edifice surmounted by a 
cupola. 

CLONTARF is a village and sea-bathing place in the 
county of Dublin, situated on a delightful strand, and sur- 
rounded by fine groves, parks, and villas. It commands a 
fine view across the Bay of Dublin, including the Wicklow 
mountains ; the Lighthouse, at the end of the long wall, 
and pier, Bray Head, the Sugar Loaves, the Scalp, the 
Church of Irishtown, and the entire City of Dublin, with 
Nelson's Pillar. On a moonlight night, when the silvery 
beam shoots across the rippling waters of the Harbour, 
this extensive prospect is still more sublime than by day. 
The Church was rebuilt in 1609 : it contains several 
monuments. The mode of bathing is dissimilar from that 
in England, where bathing-carts are employed ; at Clontarf, 
bathing-boxes are placed on the shore, and watched by 
their owner : here the bather dresses in a gown and thus 
accoutred wades into the water ; those who can swim pro- 
ceed in boats to a distance from the shore. Handsome 
Baths are also erected in various points near the North 
Wall, &c, and the sea-water is likewise conveyed to 
Baths in Dublin. In the battle of Clontarf, fought in 
1014, against the Danes, fell the Irish heroic monarch 
Brian Bom. Near this also, Alan, Archbishop of Dublin, 
was slain in a revolt by the son of the Earl of Kildare. 

Pop. 1600. 

RAHENEY is a pleasant village of Dublin, surrounded 
by a beautiful tract of pasture ; its Church is on an emi- 
nence. All the roads from hence through the peninsula 
are extremely sequestered and picturesque. 

Pop. 240. 

BELLDOYLE, or BULLDOYLE, is a pleasant vil- 



DUBLIN TO HOWTH. 195 

lage and bathing-place beyond the North Bull, or bank of 
Shingles, forming the North side of the Bay. The views 
of the Promontory, the rocky Isles, and the marine 
prospect, are delightful. 

KILLBARRICK is a village of Dublin. Near it are 
the interesting Ruins of Killbarrick Abbey. The whole 
of this shore is extremely picturesque ; and is frequented 
by a great variety of birds. 

HOWTH is an improving port and post town of the 
county of Dublin, romantically situated on the promon- 
tory, known by the appellation of the Hill of Howth, the 
highest point of which is 567 feet above high-water mark. 
Here the mails and passengers are landed from Holyhead, 
without passing the bar of Dublin Bay ; and Howth Har- 
bour is the station of the Steam-Packets commanded by 
Officers of the Royal Navy. These vessels can leave the 
harbour at any time, and generally arrive at Holyhead 
in seven hours. Many fishing-boats are kept by the 
inhabitants of this interesting village. The Lighthouse 
stands on the point called the Bailey; besides the 
ruin of Holm Patrick on Ireland's Eye, Howth itself has 
a fine Ruin of its ancient Abbey. 

Howth Castle is the much-admired seat of the Earl of 
Howth, whose family name is St. Lawrence ; it is sur- 
rounded by richly-planted grounds, and has a noble view to 
the West of the Bay of Dublin. In the Hall is preserved 
the sword of Sir Armoricus Tristram, an ancestor of the 
Earls of Howth, who fought gallantly against the Danes. 
Here also is a full-length portrait of Dean Swift, by 
Bindon. 

The Pier was constructed at a considerable expense, 
under the direction of J. Rennie, Esq. Howth has an 
excellent Lighthouse ; and to the South there is another, 
for the direction of ships sailing into Dublin Bay. The 
Protestant Church, erected in 1816, is a fine building, 
with a good steeple. Howth has also a Roman Catholic 
Chapel, a School, and several establishments for the in- 
struction of the children of Roman Catholics. The Island 
of Ireland's Eye, a rugged but picturesque rock opposite 
the month of the harbour, has an ancient Chapel on it. 

Pot). 1800. The H otelis a good one. 

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196 DUBLIN TO INNISTYMOND. 

No. 109. From Dublin to INNISTYMOND. First 
Road. Through Limerick and Ennis. 

' Dublin Castle to Miles, Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Limerick*, as at No. 3. . 94 Innistymond . . 127^ 

Ennis*, as at No. 85. . 114| 

INNISTYMOND is a pleasant town in Clare, situ- 
ated on a river of the same name, at the bottom of a bay 
on the Western coast. Close to it is a mansion of the 
O'Brien family. Three miles distant is Moyvore Castle ; 
Bear it also is Inchiquin Castle. Hag's Head Promontory 
forms a stupendous land-mark on the coast of Clare. 

Pop. 1500. 



No. 110. From Dublin to INNISTYMOND. Se- 
cond Road. Through Toomavara and Kill aloe. 



Dublin Castle to 




Miles. 


Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Toomavara *, as 


at No. 3. 


69§ 


Callaghan's Mills 


. m 


Nenagh. 


. 


. 75 


Tullo 


. 102 


Killaloe 


. 


. 86| 


Spancell Hill 


• 107£ 


Bridgetown 


. 


. 90£ 


Ennis * 


. Ill 


Ballymalony 


. 


. 92i 


Innistymond* 


• • 123| 


Broadford 


. 


. 95| 







NENAGH is a market, post, and fair town of Tippe- 
rary, situated on a stream, which falls into Lough Derg. 
The Castle, though in ruins, has still an appearance of 
strength, and its round Keep is of solid masonry. Here 
also are the walls of the Franciscan monastery founded in 
the reign of Henry III., and of the ancient hospital dedi- 
cated to St. John the Baptist. 

Nenagh has a neat Church, a Court-House, and Bar- 
racks. Outside the town, on the Dublin Road, is a 
Spring, over which fis an inscription commemorating the 
benevolence of the English Nation to the poor of Ireland 
in 1822. 

Knockalton Castle is a fine old building, 2 miles distant 
on the Toomavara road. 

Pop. 8000. Fairs: Apr. 24; May 29; July 4; Sept. 
4; Oct. 10 ; Nov. 1. Inn: The King's Arms. 

KILLALOE, in Clare, is situated on the W. bank of 



DUBLIN TO INNISTYMOND, 197 

the Shannon, over which is a bridge of nineteen arches, 
forming an entrance to this ancient town. A ledge of 
rocks below the bridge interrupts the navigation, but 
there is a canal to facilitate the communication by water 
between Limerick and Dublin. The vicinity is hilly, 
and a part of the town is built on an eminence, occupying 
the Western bank of this great river. The town has a 
iine fishery, but little trade. The antiquities of Killaloe 
are worthy of attention. It is a Bishoprick, to which 
the Bishoprick of Roscrea is an adjunct : the Cathedral 
contains many remarkable features of Gothic construc- 
tion. The Tower from the centre of the cross surmounts 
transverse arches, a mode of building steeples well-known 
throughout this kingdom, and of much architectural 
merit : the Cathedral is 200 feet in length, the great 
South door is very richly carved in Gothic mouldings, 
and the font is curious. Close to the Cathedral is the 
Oratory of St. Molua, built by the Danes previous to the 
year 800 ; it is of wood and stone. Another ancient 
edifice of the same origin is situated in an Island of the 
Shannon ; its roof is formed of great slabs of stone which 
close at the ridge, and the entrance, similar to that of a 
Grecian cell, is likewise formed of solid squares. 

Lough Derg, at the S.W. extremity of which Killaloe 
is situated, is worthy a visit. On Holy Island, in Scariff 
Bay, are a Round Tower, 70 feet in height, and seven 
ancient Chapels. The entrenchments of Brian Boroimhe 
are to be seen at Ca?icora, where was a royal residence. 
The ancient mausoleum of this king is seen near the 
Cathedral at Killaloe. Derry Castle is a ruin situated on 
the bank of the Shannon, on the road from Nenagh : the 
views of this beautiful river issuing from Lough Derg 
are extremely interesting. 

Pop. 1100. Fairs : Ap. 20 ; June 8 ; Sep. 3. 

BALLYMALONY and BROADFORD, are villages 
in Clare. 

TULLO, in Clare. Near this village are seen Lisfin 
Castle, and another ruin. At the demesne of Kiltannan 
there is a subterraneous river. 



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198 DUBLIN TO KENMARE TOWN. 



No. 111. From Dublik to IRVINESTOWN. Through 
Kells and Cavan". 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles, 

Enniskillen *, as at No. 79. 79£ Irvinestown . .87 

IRVINESTOWN is a small market and post town in 
the county of Fermanagh. The Gothic Church has a 
square tower, and there are two Meeting Houses. The 
School House is on Erasmus Smyth's foundation. 

Pop. 1100. Fairs: the 8th of each month. 

Kish is distant 4J miles ; Trillick is 5 miles from 
Irvinestown. 



No. 112. From Dublin to KELLS. First Road, 

Through Dunshaughlin and Navan. 

Dublin to Kells * as at No. 79. . • 31| 



No. 113. From Dublin to KELLS. Second Road. 
Through Lucan, Maynooth, and Trim. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Kilcock*, as at No. 97. - 14^ Dunderry Bridge . . 28 

Summerhill . .20 Kells* . . . 36| 

Trim* . . .25 

SUMMERHILL is a small post town in Eastmeath, 
beyond which is Dangan, once the residence of the Earl 
of Mornington, justly celebrated for his musical composi- 
tions, and the father of those illustrious Irishmen, the 
Marquess Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington, and Lord 
Maryborough. 

Pop. 300. Fairs : Ap. 30 ; June 9 ; Sep. 22 ; Nov. 22. 



No. 114. From Dublin to KENMARE TOWN. 
First Road. Through Cork, Macroom, and Kil- 

GARVAN. 



Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Gork*, as at No. 26. 


. 124£ 


Knightsbridge 


. 151 


Oven's Inn * 


. 1301 


Kilgarvan 


. 162 


Macroom * 


. 142| 


Kenmare Town 


. 1674 



DUBLIN TO KILDARE. 199 

KNIGHTSBRIDGE, in Cork. Here is the mansion 
of Sir Nicholas Colthurst, Bart. Near it is the nunnery 
of Ballyvoumey. 

KILGARVAN is a town of Kerry. 

KENMARE TOWN is a well-built town of Kerry, 
on the River Kenmare, which is 30 miles long, and near 
its mouth above three in breadth. The public buildings 
are, a modern Church, a R. C. Chapel, and a Bridewell. 
The late Lord Kenmare, whose family name was Brown, 
had a splendid mansion at Killarney. The seat at Ken- 
mare Town is a lodge, belonging to the Marquess of 
Lansdown. On the bank of the River there is a loose 
rock of limestone on a height of great dimensions, although 
no other appearance of lime can be traced on the same 
side of the River. This beautiful inlet of the sea is 
hemmed in by mountains, some of which are conical and 
have fine cultivated slopes. There are many Islands in 
the Kenmare River, one of which is named Ormond Isle, 
Ardea Castle is a ruin on a precipice close to the River 
side. 

Pop. 850. Fairs : Mar. 15 ; May 22 ; July 1 ; Aug. 
15; Sep. 26; Nov. 20 ; Dec. 20. Inns: The Lansdown 
Arms ; the King's Arms. 



No. 115. From Dublin to KENMARE TOWN. 
Second Road. Through Limerick, Rathkeale, 
Castle Island, and Killarney. 

Duhlin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Abbyfeale* as at No. 3. 123£ Mucruss* . . 146J 

Castle Island* .. . 133f Kenmare To wn * . . 155^ 
Killarney* . . H3| 



No. 116. From Dublin to KILDARE. First Road. 

Through Naas and Newbridge. 
Dublin to Kildare *, as at Mo. 3. . . 24| 



200 DUBLIN TO KILKENNY. 

No. 117* From Dublin to K1LDARE. Second 
Road. Through Lucan, Claine, and Kilmeague. 

Dublin Castle to Miles, Dublin Castle to Miles, 

Kilmeague* as at No. 128. 22£ Kildare* . . . 28£ 

Rathbride . . . 26§ 

RATHBRIDE is a village of Kildare. 



No. 118. From Dublin to KILKENNY. First 
Road. Through Castle Dermot and Leighlin 
Bridge. 

Dublin to Kilkenny*, as at No. 26 . 5?J 



No. 119. From Dublin to KILKENNY. Second 
Road. Through Naas, Kilcullen Bridge, and 

Athy. 



Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Kilcullen Bridge*, as at 

No. 26 . . .21 
Athy* . . . 32! 


Dublin Castle to 
Castlecomer* 
Kilkenny* . , 


Miles, 
. 45£ 
. 55 


No. 120. From Dublin 
Road. Through Athy, 
kill. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. 
Kilcullen Bge.* as at No. 26 21 
Athy* . . . 32J 
Timohoe . . .41$ 


to KILKENNY. Third 
Timohoe, and Ballyna- 

Dublin Castle to Miles, 
Balliaakill* . . 4? J 
Ballyragget . . 52| 
Kilkenny* , . . 62J 



BALLYRAGGET is a small post-town of Kilkenny. 
Near it is a handsome stone-bridge of 10 arches across the 
Nore. Ballyragget has the ruins of a Castle, a neat R. C. 
Chapel with an organ, a Dispensary, and a School House. 

Seat : the mansion house of Thomas Cavanagh, Esq., 
on whose estate Ballyragget is situated. 

Pop. 1340. Fairs : Feb. 20, April 20, June 22, Sept. 
4, Oct. 20, Dec. 10. 



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201 



No. 121. From Dublin to KILLALA. First Road. 
Through Mullingar, Lanesborough, and Bal- 
lina. 



Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Kinnegad*, asatNo. 97. . 29§ 


French Park Inn 


. 83J 


Mullingar * . 


. 33i 


Ballaghadirreen 


. 89i 


Racondra . 


. 44| 


Ballaghy , 


. 97| 


Moyvore 


. 43 


Swineford 


. 103 


Ballymahon 


. 52| 


Ballylaglian 


. 110 


Lanesborough 


. 62i 


Foxford . . 


.112| 


S trokesto wn 


. 70 


Belleek or Ballina 


. 120£ 


Tulsk 


. 75£ 


Killala 


. 127 


Belanagar . 


.: N -si 







RACONDRA, in Westmeath, is a village, with a neat 
Church. 

Seat : Meare's- Court, 2 miles distant. 

MOYVORE, in Westmeath. Near this village is a 
fine seat, called New Castle, and 2\ miles distant is For- 
guey Church. Beyond Moyvore, we enter the county of 
Longford. 

BALLYMAHON is a well built town of Longford, 
seated on the limy, over which is a bridge of 5 arches. 
The Shannon and the Royal Canal also pass near this 
place, and enable it to carry on a considerable trade. 
Ballymahon has a Church, a R. C. Chapel, and an old 
Market House. The views in the environs are pleasing, 
and the banks of the Inny derive considerable interest 
from having been frequently visited by Oliver Goldsmith 
in his boyish days. At Pallice, \\ mile from Ballymahon, 
is the house in which Goldsmith was born. 

Seats: Castle Cor, said to have been built in imita- 
tion of the Round Tower at Windsor Castle. Ballymulry, 
finely situated on the Inny. 

LANESBOROUGH is a handsome market and post 
town of Longford. It was a Borough until the Union, 
but is now disfranchised. It has an excellent stone bridge 
across the Shannon. The Royal Canal enters the river 
some miles above Lanesborough Bridge, and at an equal 
distance below the town the Shannon forms the expanse 
Qf Lough Ree, in which are seen some very beautiful 



202 DUBLIN TO KILLALA, 

islands. The Earl of Lanesborough's family name is But- 
ler, but the place receives its name from the Lane family. 
Lanesborough has a well-built Church and Cavalry Bar- 
racks. It carries on an extensive trade in corn. On the 
banks of the Shannon, 2 miles distant, is the great hill 
of Rathline, the summit of which commands a fine view. 
Here also is a very ancient Castle, dismantled by Crom- 
well, as well as a village of the same name. 

Pop. 1500 ; Fair, Feb 12. 

STROKESTOWN is a market and post town of Ros- 
common, with a modern Gothic Church, a R. C. Chapel, 
and a Sessions House. Close to the town is the mansion 
of Mr. Mahon. A mile distant are annually held the 
races and cattle fair of Ballinafat. An old Chapel is 
seen 3^ miles beyond Strokestown. 

Pop. 1700. Fairs: May 18; June 15; Oct. 19; 
Nov. 16. 

TULSK is a village of Roscommon. It is now a small 
place, but contains the ruins of some important edifices. 
The principal is the Abbey, of which a square tower and 
various walls are standing. This was the seat of the 
O'Connors, whose strong Castle is now a ruin. Tulsk is 
a disfranchised Borough. 

Seat : Foxborough, 1 mile distant. 

BELANAGAR is a village of Roscommon, with a 
ruined Chapel. On the roadside, 2 miles distant, is an 
ancient Church, and to the right is an Abbey ruin. In 
the vicinity are several country seats. 

FRENCH PARK is the handsome mansion of Mr. 
French. At some distance beyond it is French Park 
Church. The River Gara here forms the boundary of 
Roscommon. 

BALLAGHADIRREEN is a village of Mayo near 
the Gara River. It has an ancient Castle. 

Pop. 1100. 

BALLAGHY, in Mayo. Near it is an old Barrack, 
and 2| miles beyond it is a Castle ruin. 

SWINEFORD is a market and post town of Mayo, 
with a Gothic Church, erected in 1810, and a School 
House. 

Seats : Newpark, Sir A. Brabazon, Bart. ; Newcastle, 
belonging to the O'Donnels. 



DUBLIN TO KILLALA. 203 

Near the ruins of Melick Church, 3J miles beyond 
Swineford, is a Round Tower in a perfect state. 

Pop. 800. Fairs : Feb. 1 ; Mar. 17 ; May 20 ; July 
2 ; Aug. 18 ; Oct. 29 ; Dec. 18. 

BALLYLAGHAN, in Mayo. Here is a ruin of the 
Castle of Ballylaghan ; and on the Swineford road is a 
ruin called Temple Roe. 

FOXFORD is a town of Mayo, on the eastern bank 
of the River Moy, over which is a good bridge. It has 
an ancient Castle and modern Barracks. The river joins 
another stream, and flows into Lough Conn, 1J mile 
from Foxford : the lake is interspersed with Islands, and 
furnishes the Gillaroe trout. The west bank is shaded 
by the long steep side of Mount Nephin, one of the 
largest hills of Mayo : it is 2640 feet in height. 

Seats: Moorefield and Keromore. 

BELLEEK or BALLINA, in Mayo, is a well-built 
and nourishing town on the Moy River, over which is a 
bridge of sixteen arches. It contains a small Church, 
with a neat modern spire, also an extensive Brewery. Its 
trade, particularly in grain, is considerable, and the sal- 
mon fishery is increasing. A mile from the town is a 
quay, recently constructed. 

Pop. 5500. Fairs: May 12 ; June 3, 12; Aug. 12 ; 
Dec. 13. 

One mile beyond Belieek is a Castle, on the edge of the 
River ; and two miles beyond that, at the head of the 
Bay, is seated Connor Castle, commanding a noble pro- 
spect ; as well as another ruin, Roserk Abbey, in which 
the construction of a confessional of hewn stone is re- 
markable. 

KILLALA is a small seaport N of Mayo, and is a 
Bishop's see, to which the see of Achonry, in Sligo, was 
united in 1807- The Cathedral and the Episcopal Palace 
are the most remarkable buildings ; and of antiquities, the 
principal is the Round Tower, at the extremity of the 
town. The Moy here falls into the Western Ocean, and 
the Bay exhibits some exquisite scenery. A French de- 
tachment, under Humbert, a commander of high reputa- 
tion, landed here in August 1798, and possessed them- 
selves of Killala and Ballina \ their progress was stopped 



204 



DUBLIN TO KILLALA, 



at Castlebar, and they surrendered at Ballynamuck to the 
king's forces ; the rebels were routed near Killala. 
Pop. 1600. Fairs : May 28 ; Aug. 17 ; Nov. 8. 



No. 122. From Dublin to KILLALA. Second 
Road. Through Mijllingar, Lanesborough, and 
Castlebar. 



Dublin Castle to 






Miles. 


Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Kinnegad * as at No 


97- 


291 


Ballinlough 


. 89f 


Mullingar* 


. 




. 38J 


Ballyhaunis 


. 93i 


Racondra * 


. 




. 441 


Ball 


. 107* 


Ballymahon * 






• 52J 


Minola 


. 1091 


Lanesborough # 


. 




. 621 


Castlebar 


. 114J 


Strokestown* 


. 




. 70 


Cross-maliney 


. 1281 


Tulsk* 


. 




• 75J- 


Deel Castle 




Castle Plunket 


■ . 




. 781 


Killala* 


. 137| 


Castlereagh 


. 




. 841 






CASTLE 


PLUNKET 


is a town of 


Eos common. 



South Parle, a handsome residence, is 3 miles beyond it, 
and 1 mile farther on the road is the ruin of an Abbe v." 

CASTLEREAGH, or CASTLEREA, is a pleasant 
market and post tOAvn, in Roscommon. Here on the 
site of an ancient Castle is an elegant house of Lord 
Henry Sandford, the proprietor of the town ; the river 
Suck flows through the grounds. The Church of Castle- 
reagh is a handsome Gothic structure. There are also a 
Roman Catholic Chapel, a Dispensary, some fine bleach 
fields, flax-mills, and an ancient Bridge. Cloonales, a seat 
of the O'Connor familv, is 1 mile beyond Castlereagh. 

Pop. 1940. Fairs: Mav 23, June 21, Nov. 7. Inns : 
Two. 

BALLINLOUGH, in Roscommon, is a long, strag- 
gling town. It has a neat Church, and a tolerable Inn. 
Near it is a chalybeate spring. Several fairs are held here. 

BALLYHAUNIS is the first village on this route, in 
the county of Mayo. Here the scenery changes, and the 
ornamented landscapes of Roscommon are succeeded by 
the verdant mountains of Mayo. The Augustine Abbey 
is a stately ruin, and about 4 miles beyond, is a Lake, with 
vestiges of an ancient Castle. 



DUBLIN TO KILLALA. 205 

BALL is a charming village of Mayo, near a rivulet. 
It possesses the vestiges of a fine Abbey, founded by St. 
Mocha. The holy well is much frequented, and close to 
the village is a Round Tower, of great height. One mile 
and a half from Ball is Mayo, whence this county, the 
largest in extent in the whole kingdom, receives its name. 
It exhibits merely some foundations of a Cathedral, an 
Abbey, and other buildings. Its university was once cele- 
brated, and the old chroniclers notice how much it effected 
in the education of the Princes of Ireland and England, and 
in the dissemination of the Christian doctrine. 

Seat : Moat, which is the handsome residence of Sir 
R. B. Lynch, Bart. 

MINOLA, or MANILLA, is a village of Mayo, with 
a small Lough on either side of it. It is seated near a 
fine stream. Three miles farther is the village of Breafy y 
with a gentleman's seat adjacent. 

CASTLEBAR, the County Town of Mayo, was, pre- 
vious to the Union, a Borough, returning members ; but 
it is now disfranchised. The Assizes for the County are 
held here alternately with Ballinrobe. This is a hand- 
some town, and the inhabitants are respectable, wealthy, 
and industrious. The great street is a mile in length ; it 
has two good bridges across the River, which issues from 
Raheen Lake, a short distance S. W. of the town. In 
1798, the French force, under Humbert, possessed them- 
selves of the town, which they held from the 26th of 
August until the 4th of September. The old Castle, 
which gives part name to the place, is on an eminence, 
and serves for a Barrack. The green area, in the midst 
of the town, is planted, and forms a beautiful Mall. The 
Court House is a good building, and here also is the 
County Gaol. The Earl of Lucan, owner of the Town, 
has endowed a Charter School. His Lordship's Castle 
stands on a commanding hill, with a lawn and grove, 
down to the River's edge ; it is an ancient edifice of noble 
appearance. Castlebar has a Church, a neat Roman Ca- 
tholic Chapel, a Methodist Meeting House, Cavalry 
Barracks, and Infirmary, a Distillery and Brewhouse, 
market shambles, and a Linen Hall. The dealings in 
T 



206 DUBLIN TO KILLALA. 

linens form an important part of the busy market of this 
fine town ; the market day is Saturday. 

Pop. 5404. Fairs: May 11, July 9, and Nov. 18. 
The Inns are respectable, and are situated in Market- 
street. 

CROSSMALINA, or CROSSMALINEY, is a vil- 
lage of Mayo. The most remarkable object is the ruin of 
the Abbey, dedicated to the Virgin Mary. 



No. 123. From Dublin to KILLALA. Third Road. 
Through Athlone, Tuam and Castlebar. 



Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Athlone* as at No. 97. 


. 59£ 


Kilglassan 


. 102J 


Ballymullalon 


. 64 


Hollymount 


. 105| 


Thomas-Street 


. 691 


Balcarra 


. 115 


Ballyforan 


■ 714 


Castlebar* 


. H9J 


Ballynaniore 


. 74* 


Cross-maliney * 


. 134J 


Newtown-Bellew . 


. 82£ 


Killala* 


. 1431 


Tuam 


. 93 







BALLYMULLALON is a village of Roscommon. On 
the River Cronangh is an ancient Castle, 1 J mile distant 
towards Athlone. 

THOMAS-STREET, in Roscommon ; H mile E. is 
By sent church, and a Lough extends along the road to the 
right, within a mile of Thomas -Street village. 

Seats : Ballyna and Cloonagh. 

BALLYFORAN is a town of Roscommon, on the E. 
side of the River Suck, over which is a good bridge. 

BALLYNAMORE is a village of Galway, on the 
River Suck, which the road crosses twice, between this 
place and Newtown-Bellew. Here are many neat coun- 
try seats. 

'NEWTOWN-BELLEW is a village in Galway. Near 
it is the ruin of Castle Bellew ; and beyond it is seen 
Moylagh Church. Six miles beyond Newtown-Bellew is 
a Castle ruin ; and near Castle Moyle, a handsome 
seat, is the ruin of a Church. Farther on is Birmingham, 
a mansion of Lord Louth, and Moyne Abbey , a stately 



DUBLIN TO KILLALA. 207 

edifice, founded in 1460 for Franciscans, on the bank of 
the River Moyne. The Abbey has a handsome square 
Tower, ascended by a flight of 101 steps ; the remaining 
cloisters are of superior workmanship, and the Gothic win- 
dows exhibit very beautiful tracery. 

TUAM is a well-built town of Galway. It is an 
Archiepiscopal City, and was formerly a Borough. An 
Abbey, dedicated to the Blessed Virgin, was first founded 
here in 487 ; and in the ancient Church of the Shrine, St. 
Jarleth was buried. The Abbey Church was converted 
into a Cathedral in the sixth century. There were two 
other monastic foundations ; but the Churches were all 
burned in 1244. The present Cathedral is a neat edifice, 
with a lofty spire ; and there is a spacious, but antiquated 
Palace for the Archbishops. The Diocesan School is an 
excellent institution, and has a well-built School House. 
The trade and manufactures of this place are considerable, 
the inhabitants are opulent, and the market is well sup- 
plied. The Market House stands on square pillars in the 
centre of the town, and all the streets and shops have a 
neat appearance. The old Castle of Claddagh was a for- 
tress, romantically situated amongst hills. 

Pop. 5500. Fairs: May 10, July 5, Oct. 20, and 
Dec. 15. Inns: the Connaught Hotel ; the Mitre Hotel. 

KILGLASSAN is a village of Mayo. 

HOLLYMOUNT is a town of Mayo, on the River 
Robe. The Church is handsome. 

Seats: Adjoining is the mansion of Mr. Lindsay; 
four miles beyond Hollymount, to the left is Neworook 
House^ the magnificent seat of Viscount Clanmorris. 

Two miles beyond Hollymount is the ruin of an ancient 
Castle, and 3 miles farther, are several small Lakes. 
Lough Carra is a very beautiful Lake, surrounded by 
crags and a rude, romantic district. 

Pop. 550. 

BALCARRA is a village of Mayo, seated beneath a 
great mountain. Near a rapid stream, which falls into 
Lough Conn, Mount Nephin terminates the prospect with 
its grand outline, and on the West borders this great 
lake. Near it is Lord Tyrawley's mansion. Balcarra 
Church is a handsome building. 

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208 DUBLIN TO KILLARNEY. 

No, 124. From Dublin to KILLALOE. Through 

MONTRATH, ToOMAVARA, and NENAGH. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Toomavara*, asatNo.3. 69J Killaloe* . . . 86£ 

Nenagh.* . . .75 



No. 125. From Dublin to KILLARNEY. First 
Road. Through Maryborough, Limerick, Abby- 
feale and Castle Island. 



Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Abbyfeale *, as at No. 3. 


123£ 


Killarney 


. H3f 


Castle Island* 


1331 







THE LAKES OF KILLARNEY, &c. 

KILLARNEY, in the county of Kerry, is a market 
and post town celebrated for the Lakes and Mountains in 
its vicinity. We shall proceed at once to notice briefly 
the most beautiful objects, recommending those who wish 
for a more detailed description, to consult the excellent 
" Guide to Killarney," published by the Rev. N. Gr. 
Wright. 

The town of Killarneyis situated in the Barony of 
Magunihy ; it is most readily approached by the Cork 
road, as the mail from Dublin conveys the traveller to the 
Southern capital most economically, and a convenient 
coach from Cork arrives at Killarney in the afternoon ; by 
this course the visiter can be refreshed after his journey, 
for the next morning's more arduous ramble. Killarney 
is well built, but none of the houses command any pros- 
pect of the adjacent Lake. In New-Street is the Kenmare 
Arms Inn, and there are two other very respectable Inns 
in the principal street. Here also are three clubs and pub- 
lic reading-rooms, in which travellers will be kindly 
received. The Church contains many handsome monu- 
ments, and the East window is painted. It is not a beau- 
tiful building, but the exterior has some degree of gran- 
deur. The protestant Free-School is a new building, 
supported and patronized by the townspeople and neigh- 








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£ ;; 



^SSi 



^ 



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LAKES OF KILLARNEY. 209 

bouring landholders. In New-Street is the Roman 
Catholic Chapel, containing the monument of Dr. Gerald 
Tahan, a prelate, who died in 1797* The Rev. C. 
Bishop has a handsome residence adjoining this Chapel. 
The Presentation Convent in New-Street has, by the gift 
of Lord Kenmare, a sum of One Hundred Pounds 
annually f this nobleman grants clothing for thirty of the 
girls educated at the Convent ; and also clothes and ap- 
prentices twenty boys of the Catholic School. Quarter 
Sessions are held in Killarney, and the Manor Court for 
the recovery of small sums is held by the Seneschal once 
in each month. 

Pop. 8000. Fairs : July 1, and Nov. 11. Inns : The 
Kenmare Arms ; the Hibernia. 

Adjoining the town, on a marshy level, is the Seat of 
Lord Kenmare, surrounded by avenues of large trees. At 
the rear of the house is a terrace, abruptly terminated by 
a wide ha-ha. The interior contains a private Chapel, 
and some of the rooms are hung with tapestry. In the 
Bail-Room is a picture of Handel crowned by Apollo, as 
well as a table, made from a single plank of yew, 3 feet 
broad. Busts of George II. and Grattan, from the chisel 
of Turnerelli, adorn the staircase. The hall is paved 
with beautiful marble raised on the lands of Cahirnane, 
and is ornamented with busts of Wellington and Bulcher. 
This mansion has an excellent garden. 

In visiting the Lake a considerable expense is incurred 
in hiring one of the boats which are kept in readiness for 
the tourist ; they are the property of Lord Kenmare, and 
can only be obtained at a stipulated price : in addition to 
which each of the boatmen, of whom there are generally 
four, receives 2s. per day, as well as dinner, and a bottle 
of whiskey. The boat is also usually accompanied by a 
coxswain, a gunner, and a bugle man. 

ROSS ISLAND. 

Ross Castle is built on a point of land which advances 
into the Lower Lake, and in the rainy season is insulated 
by the waters collecting in the marsh. In summer, how- 
ever, this peninsula, which the term Ross denotes, is con- 
Elected with the shore by dry land, as the Castle is by a 

T3 



210 LAKES OF KILLARNEY. 

Bridge and Causeway. It is named Ross Island, and is 
the largest on the lakes. Ross Castle has a military- 
governor, and a small detachment of soldiers. It was 
strongly garrisoned during the civil war, and was besieged 
in 1652 by Ludlow, who succeeded Ireton in the command 
of the Parliament's forces in this kingdom. Having de- 
feated Lord Muskery in the County of Cork (in which 
action M'Grilli cuddy, an Irish colonel, was slain), Lord 
Broghill, the gallant son of the Earl of Cork, joined 
General Ludlow, and pursued the remnants of the Irish 
army to Ross Castle. Having conveyed his long boats 
from Castle Main with much difficulty, and launched them 
on the Lake, Ludlow intimidated the garrison to a sur- 
render. A new building is attached to the square ivy- 
mantled Tower of the ruined Castle, the battlements of 
which command a fine view of Mangerton, Turk, Glena, 
&c. The island is covered by young plantations, amongst 
which are many beautiful shrubs. The lead and copper 
mines of Ross Island are no longer worked. 

In Ross Bay is situated the boat-house. At the moment 
of embarkation the bugle is sometimes sounded, and an 
echo is heard as if proceeding from the Castle, and more 
remotely from the slopes of Mangerton : this echo is the 
finest from the shores of the lakes, and is particularly beau- 
tiful if heard in the evening. 

o'donohue's prison, &c. 

O' Donohue'' s Prison is a steep rock, nearly 30 feet high? 
so called from a chieftain of gigantic stature, who is sup- 
posed to have consigned his enemies to this barren spot. 
His celebrated white charger has also a local record in ano- 
ther rock, resembling a horse, close to the Mucruss shore, 
named O'Donohue^s Horse. 

To the N. of O'Donohue's Prison are Heron and Lamb 
Islands, and further to the W. is Rabbit or Brown Island, 
containing quarries of limestone, which is burnt for agri- 
cultural purposes. 

Mouse Island, so called from its diminutive size, is a rock 
situated in the channel, between Ross and Inisfallen. 



LAKES OF KILLARNEY. 211 

INISFALLEN. 

The Island of Inisf alien is situated to the west of Ross 
Island, and is, as its name imports, a beautiful or healthy 
island. It has but two landing-places, one of which has 
a mole where tourists disembark. This beautiful spot 
consists of 18 acres, laid out by nature in such sweet and 
delightful variety of woodland, knoll, and lawn, that 
Brown himself might have studied here in devising embel- 
lishments for his most beautiful parks. The large timber 
of Inisfallen consists of oak and ash, whilst the arbutus and 
the holly form the underwood. Amongst the curiosities 
pointed out to the visiter are, a holly 14 feet in circumfe- 
rence : a hawthorn growing through a tomb-stone near 
the Abbey ; a crab-tree, with an aperture through which 
the guide recommends ladies to pass ; and the Bed of 
Honour, a projecting rock shaded by an old yew, and so 
called from having been visited by the Duke of Rutland 
when he was Governor of Ireland. 

The Abbey of Inisfallen was founded in the 6th century 
by St. Finian, but the ruins now visible are evidently 
of much later date. In 1180 the island was ravaged, the 
Abbey plundered, and the priests slain by Maolduin 
O'Donaghoe. The Annals of Inisfallen, preserved in 
Trinity College, Dublin, may be referred to by those who 
wish for more historical information. These MSS. com- 
prise a History of the World, from the Creation to A. D. 
430, from which period to 1320 they refer solely to Ire- 
land. At the S. E. corner of the island is an ancient 
Chapel, with a Saxon doorway ; it is called the oratory, 
but has been fitted up by Lord Kenmare as a banqueting 
room, and commands a fine view. The pasturage in this 
island is celebrated for fattening cattle ; a few cows and 
a flock of sheep are taken care of by a resident family. 

TOMIES AND GLENA MOUNTAINS, Q'SULLIVAN's 
CASCADE, &C. 

Tomies and Glena are wooded promontories, whose 
rocky sides abruptly range along the water's edge, oppo- 
site to Inisfallen Island. Their bleak mountain summits 
are seen beyond the forest 5 which grows on their slopes, 



212 LAKES OF KILLARNEY. 

and is above five miles of continued wood. Tomies" Moun- 
tain is about a mile and a half from Inisfallen. 

In Tomies Bay is a rude quay, beyond which the tour- 
ist may proceed by a rugged path, along the side of a rapid 
stream, to O 1 Sullivan's Cascade, which descends down a 
romantic ravine in three fails over ledges of rock. The 
roar of this grand cascade, as the water rushes into the 
cavities which it has formed, is terrific. In the grotto, 
formed beneath a rock projecting over the lower basin, 
is a stone seat from which the sublime scene may be con- 
templated. 

Re -embarking at the quay, the tourist sails over deep 
water, at the bottom of which the peasantry assert car- 
buncles may be seen in clear weather. Pearls are also said 
to have been formerly found in the lake and in the river 
Lane. In the County of Kerry amethysts of some value 
have at various times been discovered. 

glena, &c. 

Coasting along towards the Upper Lake the tourist 
passes Stag Island, Burnt Island, and Darby'' s Garden, 
all situated near Glena Point ; and, leaving Castle Lough 
Bay to the E., proceeds, beneath the woods of Glena, to 
Glena Bay, the scenery of which is as varied as it is 
beautiful. On its western shore are a holly, an oak, an 
ash, a hazel, a birch, and a thorn, so curiously incorpo- 
rated that they appear but one tree. 

Glena Bay is remarkable for an echo, and has an excel- 
lent fishery of trout, perch, and salmon. 

Parties resorting to the Lake frequently dine at Glena 
Cottage, most beautifully situated at the base of Glena 
Mountain, and sheltered by a hanging wood close to the 
Lake. The salmon caught here are dressed in a most sin- 
gular way ; they are split from head to tail, and cut into 
pieces, which are pierced with skewers of arbutus wood, 
supposed to give them a peculiar flavour, and roasted over 
a turf fire. The peasant who takes care of the cottage 
has a little hut behind it, and always gives visiters a wel- 
come reception. 

Stag-hunts occasionally take place, when the spectators 
wait in their boats to view the stag, pursued by hounds 



IAKES OF KILLARNEY, 213 

and huntsmen, merge from some bushy dingle of Glena 
forest and take the water, where he is intercepted by the 
sportsmen, and borne to shore, The stag, or red deer, is 
still found in the woods surrounding these Lakes. 

CASTLE LOUGH BAY, &C. 

In Castle Lough Bay, between Ross Island and Mucruss 
promontory, is a good fishery. Here also, amongst others, 
are Cow Island, Friar's Island, Ash Island, and, close 
in with the shore of a cove beneath Mucruss Abbey, 
Sugar Island. At the mouth of this wide bay are Pigeon, 
Jackdaw, and Crow Islets, also a long strip of land named 
Coarse Island, and a pretty rock called Yew Island. 
Castle Lough is the seat of Dr. Lawler. The Castle itself 
was nearly razed to the ground by Ludlow. The vicinity 
of this bay is fiat land. 

TURK LAKE, DJNIS ISLAND, TURK COTTAGE, 
AND CASCADE. 

The most beautiful entrance into Turk Lake is by the 
circuitous channel on the Glena side of Dinis Island ; but 
there is also an entrance on the other side of the same 
island, and another under Brickeen bridge. The tourist 
should land on Dinis Island, to survey the beautiful lawns 
and groves with which it is adorned. Here is a neat cot- 
tage where parties frequently dine : it commands a pleas- 
ing prospect of the whole Lake, which is about 2 miles 
long, and 1 broad ; as well as Turk and Mangerton Moun- 
tains, and Turk Cottage. Hence he may re-embark, and, 
coasting along the S. side of the lake, have a fine view of 
Turk Mountain, a beautiful conical hill wooded to a con- 
siderable height, as well as of the opposite shore, which 
forms an excellent contrast. 

At the E. end of the Lake is Turk Cottage, belonging 
to Mr. Herbert, and about a furlong behind it is a beauti- 
ful fall of 60 feet, called Turk Cascade, which is supplied 
from a lake on the summit of Mangerton. This small 
lake is denominated the DeviVs Punch Bowl, and hence 
the rivulet which flows from it has the name of the DeviVs 
Stream. The tourist should then sail round the E. and N. 
sides of the lake, noticing the Devil's Island, which ap- 
pears to have been separated from the Mucruss shore by 



214 LAKES OF KILLARNEY. 



, return 



an earthquake, and, passing by Brickeen bridge, 
to Dinis Island. 

MUCRUSS ABBEY, &C 

Leaving Killarney to the N., and proceeding towards 
Mangerton, the tourist passes by Woodlawn Cottage^ on 
the river Flesk ; Cairnane, the seat of Mr. Herbert ; Lord 
Headly's Lodge, and Castle Lough. The river Flesk falls 
into the lake at the back of Ross Island, opposite to Pigeon 
Island. An avenue of lime-trees borders this road from 
Flesk Bridge to the village of Cloghereen, which is 2 
miles from Killarney, and forms the entrance to the beau- 
tiful demesne of Mucruss, 

Mucruss or Irrelagh Abbey is surrounded by fine trees. 
It was founded by Donald McCarthy, A. D. 1440, as a 
house for Conventual Franciscans, and further improved 
by him in 1468, a short time before his death. In 1602 it 
was rebuilt by the Roman Catholics, but was soon after al- 
lowed to decay. This beautiful edifice originally consisted of 
a nave, choir, transept and cloisters, the remains of which 
are still very perfect. The tower, at the junction of the 
transept and nave, rests upon four narrow, but elegant, 
Gothic arches, which are partially concealed by the shrubs 
rooted in the mouldings. The choir has a gloomy and 
solitary appearance, which is heightened by the numerous 
relics of mortality scattered about in every direction. On 
the floor is the tomb of the McCarthy Mores, and on the 
walls are several monuments of ancient date. The tracery 
of the great eastern window is particularly beautiful. 
Adjoining the choir is a small Chapel. The old bell of 
this Abbey was found in the Lough some years ago. 

The cloisters, which are 40 feet square, are in good pre- 
servation, and exhibit various styles of architecture, some 
of the arches being Gothic, and others semicircular or 
Saxon. The great yew tree in the centre spreads its 
boughs over the side-walls, and by its dark sepulchral 
foliage adds much to the solemnity of the scene. The 
dormitory, kitchen, refectory, wine-cellar, and other 
chambers formerly tenanted by the monks, are still in 
tolerable preservation ; but the evidences of the ravages 
of death are too prominent to encourage very close inspec* 



LAKES OF KILLARNEY. 213 

tion. The thin deal coffins of the peasants are seldom sunk 
more than 2 feet below the surface. The cemetery south 
of the Abbey is also crowded with tombs. 

Mucruss, the mansion of the Herbert family, is an old 
and plain building, but is advantageously situated, and 
commands a good view of the lake. The demesne is 
covered with wood, and is traversed by an interesting 
winding path, which extends as far as the extremity of 
Brickeen Island. The Peninsula and Brickeen Island are 
connected by a bridge erected by H. A. Herbert, Esq. : 
it consists of one arch, 17 feet high, and 27 in span. 
Mucruss Peninsula contains a quarry of beautiful mar- 
bles. Iron ore and copper have also been obtained in it. 

MANGEUTON MOUNTAIN". 

This mountain is 2550 feet in height, and may be easily 
ascended from Cloghereen either on horseback or on foot. 
At this village the tourist should procure a guide, who car- 
ries a horn, and is generally accompanied by a number 
of men and boys, who press themselves into the traveller's 
service, regardless of his entreaties to the contrary. In 
about half an hour an elevation is obtained commanding a 
fine view of the lake and its islands, and beyond this the 
path gradually increases in interest. Along the mountain 
may be seen the road between Mangerton and Turk, lead- 
ing to Nedheen or Kenmore, which is llf miles from 
Killarney. The tourist then arrives at the Devil's Punch 
Bowl^ an oval basin about a quarter of a mile in diameter, 
the waters of which are very cold and dark, and supply 
the Turk Cascade, already mentioned. It is supposed by 
some to be the crater of an extinguished volcano. Here 
the guide blows his horn so as. to produce an extraordinary 
effect. 

From the Bowl a path leads to the summit of Manger- 
ton, which, in fine weather, commands a most extensive 
prospect, embracing the course of the river Kenmare, the 
coast towards Bantry, the Reeks, and the Sugar Loaf ; 
whilst to the N. W. are seen the Tralee Mountains, as 
well as Castlemain, Dingle, and Miltown Bays. 

From Mangerton the tourist of stout nerves may de- 
scend the Glen of the Horse, or, as it is called by the 



216 LAKES OF KILLARNEY. 

mountain peasantry, Glean-Na-Capull, this being a much, 
more interesting though more dangerous route than that 
by which he ascended, The easiest entrance to it is by 
the opening through which the superfluous waters of the 
Bowl descend to Turk Cascade. One side of this solitary 
glen consists of craggy rocks, to which the mountain 
eagles resort as a secure retreat ; and at the bottom are two 
small loughs, on whose brink a few sheep and goats occa- 
sionally procure subsistence. The effect of the horn in 
this obscure glen is particularly fine. 
%k From the ridge between (xlean-Na-Capull and the Bowl 
may be seen several loughs, the most remarkable of which 
are Lough Na-Maraghnarig in a very lofty situation, and 
lower, in Glan Flesh Mountain^ Lough Kittane^ which is 
2 miles long and 1 broad. 

If the traveller return from the summit of Mangerton 
by the same route as he ascended, he should intrust his 
horse to one of the numerous attendants by whom he will 
be accompanied, as the descent is performed much better 
on foot. He may then ride back to Killarney. 

AGHADOE. 

Aghadoe Church is a venerable ruin, 2J miles from 
Killarney, and is celebrated for its view of the Lake, and 
of the lofty hills which are closed in by the Reeks. The 
last half mile of the route is not passable for carriages, as 
the Church is out of the high road. The Abbey of Agha- 
doe appears to have been of considerable dimensions and 
antiquity ; the door is carved with rich Saxon ornaments, 
and there were loop-holes in the east wa]l giving but a 
scanty light to the chancel. The cemetery of the Roman 
Catholics at this place is crowded with skulls, bones, &c, 
and the smell is frequently very offensive. Near the 
Church is a Round Tower, 20 feet in height ; and here 
also is the Pulpit, consisting of the remains of a round 
Castle, 30 feet in height, and 25 in diameter. At the TS.W. 
corner of the Church is a rough stone, 7 feet long, with an 
Ogham inscription. The characters of which it is com- 
posed are 3 J inches long, and are formed of horizontal or of 
perpendicular lines, from which unequal but parallel direct 
lines project ; the measure of these causes variation 3 and 



LAKES OF KILLARNEY. 217 

they seem to bear an affinity to the simplest of the Chi- 
nese characters. The Ogham letters were used by the 
ancient Irish, but are now unintelligible cyphers. On the 
left of the road from Killarney to Aghadoe is Prospect 
Hall, from the grounds of which there is a charming 
view of the Lakes. 

DUNLOE CASTLE. 

This ancient Castle is rather more than 2 miles beyond 
Aghadoe, and is situated near Laune-bridge, which is 
built over a river of the same name. During the civil 
wars, in the tinie of Elizabeth and Cromwell, it formed a 
retreat for the chieftains of Kerry. It is now the resi- 
dence of Major Mahoney, having been modernized and 
fitted up in a commodious manner. The floors of some 
of the apartments are of yew. The battlements command 
a fine view of the surrounding country, which is thickly 
wooded. 

Beyond Dunloe Castle a narrow road leads to Dunloe 
Gap, a grand and romantic defile nearly four miles in 
length, situated between Tomies Mountains and M'Gilli- 
cuddy's Reeks. The hills at its entrance are called Holly 
Mountain and Bull Mountain, and their sides are almost 
perpendicular. Skirting the first part of the road is a 
small Lake reflecting the dark hue of the mountain hang- 
ing over it, and beyond this the scenery assumes an aspect 
truly appalling. At the extremity of the Gap is a road 
leading to Gheramine Cottage, the seat of Lord Brandon, 
surrounded by delightful grounds. Here also is the Valley 
of Comme Duff, at the west end of which is the Red 
Trout Lake. Almost opposite the end of the Gap is a 
cascade, the waters of which form several small Lakes in 
the valleys, and finally enter the Upper Lake at Cari- 
guline. 

C AttR AN TUAL. 

This is the highest Peak in the vicinity of Killarney, 
being 3410 feet above the level of the sea, and is the most 
difficult of access. Its name, Carran Tual, signifies " in- 
verted reaping hook," to which the outline of the upper 
part is said to bear a strong resemblance. The excursion 
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218 LAKES OF KILLARNEY. 

to Carran Tual is an undertaking requiring' considerable 
strength and resolution, as at least seventeen hours will 
be necessary to go from and return to Killarney, fourteen 
of which must be occupied in active exertion. The tra- 
veller should ride from Killarney across Laune-bridge, 
and turning to the right, beyond Dunloe Gate, will arrive 
at a small village at the foot of the Reeks, where he may 
hire a guide, Here he should leave his horse, or send it 
back to Killarney, having previously ordered a boat to meet 
him at the Boat-house at the west end of the Upper Lake, 
and given directions for dinner at Ronan's Island. 

From the village a horse path crosses the hills to Mr. 
Blennerhasset's Lodge, seated on the banks of the Giddah 
river, which is seen winding through the vale in its course 
to the Laune. The tourist then obtains a view of Dingle 
Bay from Lishbaun Mountain ; and crossing the Giddah, 
passes through a vale to the Hag's Glen. On the left are 
the precipitous sides of the Lower Reeks, and opposite to 
them appears Konnoc a Brianin, or the Hill of the Sheep 
Raddle. Here may be seen the Hag's Tooth, a conical 
rock projecting from the mountain, the Hag's Lough with 
an island in the centre, the Devil's Lough, &c. Plence 
the ascent is prosecuted by the narrow channel of a moun- 
tain-torrent to the summit of a ridge, which leads to the 
highest Peak. The view from this spot is very extensive, 
embracing the Tralee Mountains, Bantry Bay, the Har- 
bours and rocky coast of Kerry, including the Bays of 
Castlemaine and Dingle, together with an endless variety of 
nearer objects. Amongst the plants growing here, London 
Pride abounds. The principal stone found is sandstone. 

Along the ridge of the Reeks are seen several pools. 
The awful nature of the declivities is little understood 
when contemplated from this elevated position ; the Lower 
Reeks appear foreshortened, and seem to consist of in- 
clined planes, whilst the glaring expanse of the Lakes is 
often presented to the eye in a deceptive proximity. 

The tourist should now descend to the Valley of Comme 
Duff, beyond which a rugged path of four miles will lead 
him to the Boat-house on the Upper Lake, whence he 
will be conveyed to Ronan's Island, He may then return 
to Killarney. 



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LAKES OF KILLARNEY. 219 

THE UPPER LAKE. 

The entrance to the Upper Lake from the Lower, or 
from Turk Lake, is formed by a natural channel, bounded 
on the N.W. by Glena and Long Range Mountains, and 
on the S.E. by the base of Turk and the Drooping Moun- 
tain. It is of unequal breadth, and about three miles in 
length. In this passage there are many fine views ; the 
tourist should also notice O' Sullivan's Punch Bowl, an 
eddy near Old Weir Bridge, Plummets Island, and a large 
mass of rock called the Man of War, to which it certainly 
bears considerable resemblance. The Eaglets Nest, which 
forms the prominent object in the passage, is a steep coni- 
cal rock, about 1300 feet in height, the base being covered 
with wood, and the upper part adorned with a few moun- 
tain shrubs, which add greatly to its beauty. The nest, from 
which the mountain derives its name, is situated near the 
summit, and may be discovered by a black spot. Beneath 
the crags of the Eagle's Nest is an echo of extraordinary 
power, repeating the sound of a cannon like successive 
peals of thunder. Music also here produces a charming 
effect. The Station for Music, as it is called, is on this 
side the river, and the Station for Audience on the other. 
Beyond the Eagle's Nest, the tourist passes numerous 
rocks and islands, amongst which are Holly Island, the 
Four Friends, Newfoundland Mountain, &c. He then 
arrives at the passage into the Upper Lake, which is not 
more than 30 feet broad, and is called Coleman's Leap, 
tradition asserting that a man of this name once jumped 
across it. The impression of his foot on the opposite rock 
is still visible. On the left is the peninsula called Cole- 
man's Eye. 

The Upper Lake consists of about 720 acres, and is 
completely surrounded by mountains, which give it a sub- 
lime and picturesque aspect. Its extreme length is about 
2£ miles, but its breadth varies greatly. The principal 
islands on its surface are Ronan's Island, where parties 
occasionally dine, Duck Island, McCarthy'' s Island, Ar- 
butus Island, Rossbitrkie or Oak Island, from the shores 
of which there is a splendid prospect, Knight of Kerry's 
Island, Eagle Island, and Stag Island. The tourist 

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220 LAKES OF KILLARNEY. 

should visit Esknamucky Cascade, situated behind Cro- 
miglaun or the Drooping Mountain, which rises from the 
brink of the Lake in majestic grandeur. To the west of 
it, is Berry Cunihy, another cascade of great beauty. He 
should also ascend Cromiglaun, from the top of which 
there is a fine view of the Lake and its islands. 

From the Upper Lake the tourist must return by the 
same channel as he entered, but his progress will be greatly 
facilitated, as the current will now be with, instead of 
against, him. The only unpleasant part of the passage 
is shooting old Weir Bridge, which should only be at- 
tempted by persons with good nerves. 

GENERAL TOUR OF THE LAKES. 

The Rev. N. G. Wright, in his interesting Guide al- 
ready noticed, recommends the following tour of three 
days to travellers who are pressed for time ; those who 
have abundance of leisure will occupy at least a week in 
surveying the various beauties of the Lakes of Killarney : 

First day — Visit Mucruss, Mucruss Abbey, Mangerton, 
Devil's Punch Bowl, Glenna Capul, Lough Kittane. 

Second day — Lord Kenmare's mansion and demesne, 
Kneckriar Hill, Ross Castle ; embark for Inisfallen, proceed 
northward by boat to O'Sullivan's Cascade, Tomies Moun- 
tain, the Drinking Horse ; visit Turk Lake through Bric- 
keen-bridge, Turk Cottage and Cascade ; pass between 
the foot of Turk Mountain and Dinis Island, walk across 
Dinis to O'Sullivan's Punch Bowl; embark for Glena 
Bay, dine at Glena cottage on salmon, &c, pass Darby's 
Garden, sound the bugle in Glena Bay, and again oppo- 
site to Ross Castle ; here land, and return to Killarney. 

Third day — Visit Aghadoe Church, cross Beaufort- 
bridge to Dunloe Castle, thread the gorge of Dunloe Gap, 
descend into Comme Duff Valley, pass the Loughs, visit 
Gheramine Cottage ; embark for Ronan's Island for Derry 
Cunihy, pass by Coffin Point, Cromiglaun, Coleman's Eye, 
to the Esknamucky Cascade ; enter the channel, pass 
Coleman's Leap, the Eagle's Nest — here listen to the dis- 
charge of a paterara and the echo; shoot through old 
Weir-bridge, proceed to the Peninsula of Mucruss, pass 
Brickeen-bridge, inspect the shores of Mucruss, and the 



DUBLIN TO K1LLARNEY. 221 

rocks and isles of O'Donohue's Table, Alexander's Rock, 
Cow Island, Jackdaw Island, Yew Island, and Rough 
Island ; land under Ross Castle. 



No. 126. From Dublin to KILLARNEY. Second 
Road. Through Cork, Macroom, and Millstreet. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Cork* as at No. 26. . 124J Macroom . . .143^ 

Ballincolly . .129 Millstreet . . . 153^ 

Oven's Inn . . 130| Killarney*. . . 169| 

BALLINCOLLY, or BALLINCOLLIG, is situated 
in Cork. The Castle, which belonged to the ancient fa- 
mily of Barrett, was a fine square fortress built on an 
abrupt precipice, and entirely commanded the circumja- 
cent plain. It was occupied by a garrison in the civil wars. 
A considerable portion of this Castle is still standing. 
Near Ballincolly is the ruin of Kilcrea Castle ; Kilcrea 
Abbey, founded by Cormac M'Carthy in 1456, has a stee- 
ple 80 feet high. The approach to the nave is formed by 
a gloomy footway between walls composed of skulls and 
bones, and shaded by lofty rows of oak trees. 

OVENS is a small village, with an Inn and a Church. 
The Cavern at this place is deserving of the tourist's in- 
spection ; it is of considerable length, and may be entered 
with safety ; the roof is incrusted with stalactites and 
spar. The rivers Lee and the Bride unite close to this 
village. 

MACROOM is a market and post town of considera- 
ble antiquity, in the interior of the county of Cork. It 
is seated on the Sullane. The Castle, erected in the reign 
of King John, is modernized, and is the residence of the 
Eyre family ; it was burnt in 1641, but rebuilt by the Earls 
of Clancarty. Some persons have asserted, that Admiral 
Penn was born within the walls of this Castle, but on his 
tombstone, at Bristol, it is stated that he was a native of 
that city. Here are two ancient towers, 60 feet in height, 
as well as Barracks ; and opposite to the bridge is St. 
Colman's Church, a very handsome edifice. On the edge 
of a moss, half a mile from Macroom, is a chalybeate 
spring; and in the vicinity are various ancient buildings. 
The prospects are bounded by great mountain ridges. To 

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222 DUBLIN TO KILLARNEY. 

the south are Drishane Castle, and some other handsome 
residences. To the west, at Carrigafouky, is a Castle of 
the M'Carthys in a most romantic situation on a rock, 
and near it is an altar supposed to have been raised by the 
Druids. Four miles farther, in this direction, from Ma- 
croom, is Bally vourney, celebrated for its ancient Church 
now ruined, and for its Nunnery. Dunda Castle occupies 
a rocky height, (j miles from Macroom. On the Cork road, 
2\ miles from Macroom, and near the Glen of Glyncaun, 
are the ruins of Mashanglass Castle. 

Pop. 3000. Fairs : every month. Inns : The King's 
Arms ; the Swan. 

MILL-STREET is a small town in Cork, with a good 
Inn, It has Barracks, a Church, and a R. C. Chapel. 
The neighbourhood is highly romantic, and abounds with 
stupendous hills, amongst which are found many ancient 
remains and castles. The principal objects, worthy the 
traveller's attention, are the Danish Forts of Clondrohid, 
with an old church ruin ; M'Swinney's Fortress, called 
Clodagh Castle ; the two beautiful mountains termed the 
Paps, with tumuli on the conical apex of each summit ; 
the wild district of O'Donohue's country, with his old 
Castle ; the brilliant rocks of Kilnamatery, resembling 
white battlements ; and the fine route to Killarney, with 
its cloud-capped hills. 

Pop. 1680. Fairs: March 1 ; June 1 and 12; Sept. 
1 and 12; Dec. 1 and 12. 



No. 127. From Dublin 


to KILLARNEY. 


Third 


Road. Through Kilkenny, Clonmell, 


DONE- 


raile, and Mallow. 






Dublin Castle to Miles. 


Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Clogheen * as at No. 26. 93 £ 


Doneraile 


113 


Sallyporeen * . . 96£ 


Mallow 


118£ 


Mitchelstown . 103 


Millstreet * 


. 136£ 


Kildorerey . . 107 


Killarney * . 


151 



MITCHELSTOWN is a pretty market and post town 
of Cork, which has been much improved under the aus- 
pices of the Kingston family. Their splendid mansion is 
at this place, and here also is a College, founded by Lord 



DUBLIN TO KILLARNEY. 223 

Kingston, for twelve decayed gentlemen and sixteen 
females : the residents have each a house, and a liberal 
yearly allowance. Mitchelstown contains a modern 
Church and a R. C. Chapel, recently built. Near this 
town are the ruins of Caherdriny and Carriganoura 
castles. A mile from Mitchelstown are the round tower 
and ruined church of Brigowne. On the Blackwater, 
near Mitchelstown, is the beautiful mansion of Castle 
Hyde, 

Pop. 4550. Fairs : Jan. 10, Mar, 25, May 23, July 
30, Nov. 12, Dec. 2. Inn : The New Inn. 

KILDORERY, in Cork. In the neighbourhood of 
this village are to be seen Ballinamana Castle and WalVs 
Town Castle, both in the direction of Doneraile. 

DONERAILE is a market and post town of Cork, 
situated on the Aubeg, which flows southward, to join 
the Blackwater. The Church has a lofty spire, and on 
the foundations of the old castle are Barracks, and near 
them Marble Quarries. Here also are a R. C. Chapel and 
a Free School. Two miles from Doneraile is Kilcoleman 
Castle, in which Spenser composed the Fairy Queen. 
The mansion and grounds of Lord Doneraile are noted 
for th«ir extraordinary beauty. At Castle Saffron, one 
mile distant, are several cascades. Buttevant, three miles 
from Doneraile, is a decayed town, seated on the Aubeg. 
It has a modern Church and ruins of several Monas- 
teries. 

Pop. 3000. Fair : Nov. 12. 

MALLOW, in Cork, is an agreeable watering-place, 
situated on the banks of the Blackwater, a pretty river, 
which nearly intersects the province of Munster. The 
Medicinal Spring, for which it is noted, issues from the 
limestone close to the town ; the water is hot, like the 
Bristol springs, and has been in estimation with the Irish 
gentry for a hundred years. A pretty canal, bordered 
by poplars, leads to it from town, and on the S. side is a 
sheltering rock of limestone. Two castles were built at 
Mallow, by Desmond, the noble chieftain ; one of them 
was demolished in the civil war, and the ruins of the 
other are still visible on an eminence overlooking tbe 
river. Mallow is a borough town, returning a member 



224 DUBLIN TO KILLEIGH. 

to parliament. It lias a Church, a R. C. Chapel, Meet- 
ing Houses, Market House, Cavalry Barracks, and a 
handsome Bridge over the Blackwater. 

Pop. 5000. Fairs: Jan. 1, Monday before Shrove 
Tuesday, May 11, July 25, Oct. 28. Inn: Carmi- 
chael's. 

Seat; Mr, Jephson's is a family mansion that has 
long been justly admired ; it possesses a deer-park, gar- 
dens, and ornamental shrubbery. 



No. 128. From Dublin to KILLEIGH. Through 
Lucan, Celbridge, and Portarlington. 



Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Palmerstown 


31 


Rathangan 


281 


Lucan * 


. 6i 


Portarlington 


362 


Celbridge 


m 


Clonegowan 


, 401 


Claine . . 


15| 


Killeigh 


461 


Kilmeague 


. 22£ 







CELBRIDGE is a handsome village and post station 
in Kildare, pleasantly situated on the LifFey, over -which 
is a stone bridge of six arches, connecting it with the 
roads on the left shore. The Church is a neat modern 
stone building, at the end of the principal street ; it has 
a tower, and a painted window. Here also are a R. C. 
chapel, a Dispensary, and a Fever Hospital ; and about a 
quarter of a mile from the village is a School House. The 
manufacture of woollens and cottons is carried on here to 
a considerable extent. Celbridge has acquired conside- 
rable interest from having been the residence of Swift's 
Vanessa. She was the daughter of a Dutch merchant, 
and died here in 1723. Celbridge Abbey, which is of 
Gothic architecture, has been repaired and rendered 
habitable. 

Seats: Castle Town, a very splendid mansion and 
demesne of the Conolly family ; Killadoon, the Earl of 
Leitrim ; this handsome place is a mile beyond Celbridge. 

Pop. 1460. Fairs : Ap. 30, Nov. 7. 

Beyond Celbridge, and within a mile of Claine, is 



DUBLIN TO KILLE1GH. 225 

Castle Browne, a mansion belonging to the renovated 
Society of Jesuits. 

Between Celbridge and Claine, also, on the banks of 
the Liffey, is Straffan, the seat of the Henry family. 

CLAINE is a village and post station of Kildare, 
built on the right bank of the Liffey, over which is 
a bridge of six arches : its Church has a lofty steeple. 
Claine Abbey is in ruins, close to the village. 

Fairs : Ap. 28, July 25, Oct. 15. 

A mile beyond Claine is a small but prosperous town, 
built in 1780, by Captain Brooke, and in which a cotton 
manufactory was established. 

Beyond Claine the Grand Canal crosses the road, and 
at Millecent, a neat residence, is an aqueduct across the 
Liffey. Barbels Town Castle, a gentleman's seat, is 3 
miles beyond Claine. 

[The road by Strtiffan is a quarter of a mile longer 
than the route just described.] 

K1LMEAGUE is a village in Kildare. A mile beyond 
it is Allen, a hamlet that gives name to the most cele- 
brated tract of bog in the kingdom, which extends into 
Kildare, Queen's Co., King's Co., Meath, Westmeath, 
Longford, Tipperary, and Galway. From the Hill of 
Allen, which is about 300 feet in height, there is an ex- 
tensive prospect across the level of the moss. The 
Grand Canal passes through the Bog of Allen, and affords 
a source of drainage to a considerable portion of it. 

RATHANGAN is a market and post town of Kildare, 
situated near the Grand Canal. Some of the inhabitants 
were massacred in 1798, and the town was pillaged. 
Rathangan has a stone Church, a R. C. Chapel, and 
Meeting Houses, 

Pop. 980. Fairs : June 8, Aug. 6, Nov. 12. 

PORTARLINGTON is a borough, market, and post 
town, situated on the Barrow, which divides it into two 
unequal parts ; the larger being in Queen's, and the 
smaller in King's, county. The town is well built, and 
the principal street is very handsome. It was originally 
colonized by French emigrants, whom the revocation of 
the edict of Nantes compelled to fly from their home ; 
hence French names, such as Corneille, Coigny, &c, are 



226 DUBLIN TO KILLOUGH. 

common in various towns of Ireland. Portarlington has 
always been noted for superior schools, for the education 
of youth of both sexes, particularly in the French lan- 
guage. The Marquess Wellesley and the Duke of Wel- 
lington were in early boyhood placed in one of these 
schools. Portarlington gives the title of Earl to the 
Dawson family ; and returns a member to the Imperial 
Parliament. The Church, erected in 1810, is a neat 
building, with a lofty spire, and there is a celebrated Spa, 
which is much frequented. 

Seats : Emo Park, formerly called Dawson' s Grove, 
the mansion of the Earl of Portarlington, 3 miles distant. 
Lansdown, a house belonging to the Gore family. 

Pop. 2900. Fairs : Apr. 19, May 22, Oct. 12, Nov. 
23. Inn : The Crown. 

CLONE GO WAN is a village of King's county, with 
a mansion of the Meredith family. 

KILLEIGH is a pleasant town in King's county. At 
the foot of Killeigh Hill, close to the Church, are the re- 
mains of an ancient Abbey. Adjacent to the town is a 
good country-house, called Millbrooke. 

Fain Oct. 16. 



No. 129. From Dublin to KILLOUGH. First Road. 
Through Newry, Rathfriland, and Clogh. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles* 

Newry » as at No. 1. . 50| Clogh* - - 69 

Rattifriland * . . 57| Killough . . . 76| 

Castlewellan * . . 65 

KILLOUGH is a small sea-port of Down, with a har- 
bour, affording safe anchorage. The shore is extremely 
agreeable, and in the cliff is a cavern, in which, at the 
flowing of the tide or at high-water, there is a continued 
melodious echo, responding to the noise of the surge. 
Killough has Barracks for cavalry, and a large and well- 
built Church. Near the School House is a mineral spring, 
and in the vicinity of the town are some ruins, called the 
Castles of Ardglass. 

Fairs : Feb. 12, June 9, Aug. 15, and Nov. 12. 



DUBLIN TO KILRUSH. 227 

No. 130. From Dublin to KILLOUGH. Second 
Road. Through Rathfriland, Bryansford, and 

DUNDRUMo 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Newry*, asatNo. 1. . 50§ Dundrum* . . 68| 

Rathfriland * . 57£ Over the Strand to Killough 75£ 

Bryan's Ford . . 65 

[By Narrow -water it is 2 miles shorter.] 

BRYAN'S FORD is a village of Down, near to which 
is Tullymore Bark, a fine residence, with well-planted 
grounds, belonging to the Earl of Roden ; it was the 
property of the Hamiltons of Tullymore, Earls of Clan- 
brassil. 

The country between Bryan's Ford and Dundrum, in- 
cluding the Park of Tullymore, is very romantic, and 
two mountain torrents precipitate themselves over ledges 
and crags, whilst the intervention of woodland scenery 
relieves the eye from the awful impression of the Mourne 
mountains, which form the background. 



No. 131. From Dublin to KILRUSH. First Road. 
Through Limerick and Clare. 



Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Limerick *, as at No. 3. 


94 


KAldysart . . 


. 122J 


Six-Mile Bridge * . 


• 102f 


Kilmurry Church 


. 129± 


Ardsallas * 


. 108£ 


Kilrush 


. 137* 


Clare* . 


. 112* 







Redgate Inn is 6| miles beyond Clare. Near it are a 
ruined castle and church. The remarkable objects in the 
vicinity of the road are, an old castle, near the seat of 
New Hall, a mile from Clare ; handsome seats at Barn- 
tick and Buncraggy, a mile farther; and Cragbrien, a 
beautiful mansion at the foot of a mountain three miles 
from Clare. The prospects are truly beautiful. In Canna 
Island is seen a ruined Abbey. Paradise, a seat on the 
side of a beautiful hill, is a mile and a half from Redgate 
Inn ; and beyond this is an ancient Castle. 

KILDYSART, in Clare, has the ruins of a Castle. 



228 DUBLIN TO KILRUSH. 

KILMURRY CHURCH, in Clare. Here also, at the 
foot of the hill, is a ruined Castle. 

KILRUSH, in Clare, is a thriving town, with an ex- 
cellent harbour on the Shannon. It has a neat Church, 
a Roman Catholic Chapel, a Meeting House, a Court 
House, and a Market House ; but the principal object 
worthy of notice is the Bathing Hotel, one of the iirst 
establishments of the kind in Ireland. Near Kilrush is 
a lake as well as a mansion of the Vandeleur family. Be- 
yond this, towards the mouth of the Shannon, are the vil- 
lages of Moyarta and Querin. 

Pop. 4000. Fairs : May 10, Oct. 12. Inns : The 
Kilrush Hotel ; the Vandeleur Arms. 



No. 132. From Dublin to KILRUSH. Secoxd 
Road. Through Maynooth and Aghrim. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Kilbeggan * as at No. 97« 44£ Caghryariff . . .125 

Gort*, asatNo. 87. . 98 Kilmurry-ibrickan . . 128| 

Tubberdonny . . . 1021 Conlyclare . . . 136| 

Corrofin . . . 109*- Ballyket . . .141 

Innistyraond* . . 118J Kilrush* . . .142 

TUBBERDONNY is a village of Galway, immediately 
beyond which the road enters the county of Clare. 

Fairs : July 12, Sept. 12. 

CORROFIN is a large and pleasant village in Clare, 
situated on a stream flowing from a lake in the vicinity. 
Distant a mile and a half is Clifton, a fine seat, and near 
it is Inchiquin Lake, celebrated for its fish and its pictu- 
resque views. Fairs : May 26, Nov. 22. 

CAGHRYARIFF is a village of Clare, near which is 
Anagh, a mansion of the Stackpoole family. 

Half way between Innistymond and Kilmurry is Mil- 
town Malbay, which is rapidly acquiring reputation as a 
summer resort for bathing. Near this village is a curious 
cavern, called the Puffing Hole. Fairs : Feb. 1, June 20, 
Oct. 18. 

Beyond the village of Dunbeg is a Light House, built 
upon Loop Head. 

KILMURRY IBRICKAN is a village of Clare, which 



DUBLIN TO KIN SALE. 229 

gives title of a Viscount to the Needham family. The 
Cascades near this place are justly admired. Fairs : May 
17, Aug. 25. 

CONLYCLARE and BALLYKET are villages in 
the county of Clare, near which there are several neat 
villas and some tine river scenery. Ballyket Fairs are 
held June 3, July 4, Aug. 17, and Dec. 1. 



No. 133. From Dublin to KINGSTOWN or DUN- 
LEARY. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Blackrock * . 4 Kingstown or Dunleary . 5| 

DUNLEARY, or KINGSTOWN, as it is now called 
in honour of the gracious visit which King George IV. 
was pleased to make to this kingdom, is a convenient har- 
hour, and celebrated sea-bathing village of the county of 
Dublin. It is well built and extremely agreeable ; the 
Pier adds greatly to its attractions ; it divides with Black- 
rock the favour of the citizens of Dublin as a resort for 
pleasure parties. Pop. 1700. 



No. 134. From Dublin to KINSALE. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles ' 

Cork* as at No. 26 • 12 4 J Kinsale . . . .136 

KINSALE, on the Bandon river in Cork, is a borough 
returning a member to Parliament. It has been noted 
from the earliest period in Irish history. Five thousand 
Spaniards took this sea-port in 1600 ; but they surren- 
dered it in the same year to the Lord Deputy Mountjov. 
Kinsale surrendered to Cromwell in 1649. James II. 
effected his landing here in 1689; his garrison in this 
fortress defended itself for nine days against Marlborough, 
but surrendered on the tenth. Upon this the fortifications 
were destroyed. Kinsale is now esteemed a very strong 
fortress ; the Citadel is on a rock, and the batteries are 
bomb-proof : the old block -house, which stood by the sea- 
side, is dismantled. Charles Fort, built in 1670, com- 
X 



230 DUBLIN TO LEIGHLIN BRIDGE. 

mancls the narrow part of Kinsale harbour, which has a 
complete dock -yard. The town is above a mile in extent, 
round the head of the bay ; the houses have something of 
an antiquated appearance ; there are six parishes. The 
ruins of several monasteries are still visible. Amongst 
the chief buildings are the handsome Market House, the 
Barracks, the Church, and the Gaol. Here are also Ro- 
man Catholic Chapels, Meeting Houses, a Fever Hospital, 
and a Dispensary. Near the centre of the town are As- 
sembly and Reading Rooms, and a beautiful Promenade 
called the Bowling Green. Kinsale is well adapted for 
sea-bathing, and has two bath-houses ; one in the town, 
and the other in the village of Scilly. 

In the vicinity is Duncearma Castle, and a Lighthouse 
on Old Head, which forms the North point of the exten- 
sive and romantic Bay of C our tmac sherry. Amongst the 
steep cliffs the osprey and the eagle are observed to build 
in safety. Compass Hill overlooks the town and harbour 
of Kinsale ; the latter is completely sheltered from every 
wind, and in stormy weather is a safe retreat both for 
merchantmen and ships of war ; there are two villages 
called Cove and Scilly, built on the opposite shore of the 
bay. 

Pop. 8500. Fairs : May 4, Sept. 4, Nov. 21. Inn: 
The Kinsale Arms. 

No. 135. From Dublin to LEIGHLIN BRIDGE. 
First Road. Through Rathcoole, Naas, and 
Carlow. 

Miles. 

Dublin to Leighlin Bridge *, as at No. 26. . 45 

No. 136. From Dublin to LEIGHLIN BRIDGE. 
Second Road. Through Blessington, Bal ting- 
glass, and Tullow. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Tullow*, as at No. 204. . 38 Leighlin Bridge* , . 47| 



DUBLIN TO LIMERICK. 



231 



No. 137. From Dublin- to LEIGHLIN BRIDGE, 
Third Road. Through Enniskerry, Rathdrum, 
and Aghrim. 



Dublin Castle to 




Miles, 


Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Milltovvn * 


» 


. H 


Rathdrum* 


i 25J 


Churchtown 


• 


• 3J 


Aghrim* . . 


. 32 


Dundrum * 


. 


4 


Hacketstown . 


. 41§ 


Kilternan * 


. 


. 7 


Tullow* 


• 49i 


Enniskerry * 


. 


. 10 


Leighlin Bridge * 


. 59^ 



CHURCHTOWN, or TAWNEY, in Dublin, has an 
ancient and a modern Church. The vicinity of the latter 
commands fine views. 

HACKETSTOWN is an agreeable post town of Car- 
low. The Church is handsomely built, and stands on a 
line eminence ; the modern Catholic Chapel is also a great 
ornament. The repulse of the insurgents at Hackets- 
town took place May 25, 1798. Pop. 1000. Fairs, 
monthly. 



No. 138. From Dublin to LETTERKENNY. Through 
Lifford, Ballindrait, and Raphoe. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Drogheda*, as at No. 1. . 23J Lifford*, as at No. 142. . 102| 
Castleblaney*, as at No. 7- 51^ Letterkenny * as at No. 80. 113§ 



No. 139, From Dublin to LIMERICK. First 
Road. Through Kildare and Roscrea. 

Miles. 

Dublin to Limerick *, as at No. 3. . . 94 



No. 140. From Dublin to LIMERICK. Second 
Road. Through Nenagh and O'Brien's Bridge. 

Dublin Caatle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Toomavara*, as at No. 3. 69J O'Brien's Bridge . . 88 

Nenagh* ... 75 Parteen .... 93§ 

Shallee Turnpike . . 79£ Limerick * . . .96 

O'BRIEN'S BRIDGE, across the Shannon, presents 

X 2 



232 



DUBLIN TO LONDONDERRY, 



a choice of roads on each side of the river to Limerick : 
that by Parteen is a quarter of a mile nearer than the 
road through the beautiful village of Castle Connelly on 
the county of Limerick bank. Near O'Brien's Bridge is 
the Montpellier spring. Three miles beyond it is Rhin- 
row Castle, a ruin ; and in each county are several beau- 
tiful villas ; the finest of these is Doonas, the seat of Sir 
H. D. Massey, Bart. Pop. 300. 



No. 141. From Dublin to LIMERICK. Third 
Road. Through Maryborough, Roscrea, and 
Killaloe. 



Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to 

Toomavara*, as at No. 3. 69£ Bridgetown 

Nenagh* . . 75 Parteen . 

Killaloe* . . 86i Limerick* 



Miles. 

90£ 

95 

97£ 



No. 142. From Dublin to LONDONDERRY. First 
Road. Through Ardee, Monaghan, and Lie- 
ford. 



Dublin Castle to Miles. 


Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Drogheda*, as at No. 1. . 23J 


Augher . 


. 75J 


Castleblaney*, as at No- 7. 51^ 


Ballaghneed Inn . 


. 78* 


Clentibret Church . 57£ 


Omagh . . 


. 87i 


Castle Shane . . 59£ 


Newtown Stewart 


. 94J 


Monaghan . . 62£ 


Douglas Bridge 


. 97i 


Cross Roads, or Grosborough 


Strabane or Strathbane 


. 101§ 


Inn . . . 66J 


Lifford . 


. 102± 


Or from Castle Shane ly 


St. Johnstown 


. 108£ 


Falkland, a mile nearer 65£ 


Carrigans 


. 110 


Em y- Vale . . 66| 


Londonderry 


. 114* 


Erigill Church . . 69£ 







CASTLE SHANE is a neat village of Monaghan. Near 
it is a ruin called Rack Wallace Church. A iine seat of 
the Lucas family is seen to the right of the village. 

MONAGHAN, the County Town of Monaghan, is an 
ancient place, which was once spelt Muinechan. The 



DUBLIN TO LONDONDERRY. 233 

first Abbey erected here was of a very early date, and 
was pillaged ; it was rebuilt for Conventual Franciscans, 
in 1 462 ; but again demolished, and its site is now occu- 
pied by a Castle of Lord Blaney's. Monaghan is a plea- 
sant place, and has several public buildings, the principal 
of which are, the Market House, erected by Lord Ross- 
more in 1792, the Court House, and Church in Diamond 
Square, the County Infirmary, near the entrance to the 
town by the old Dublin road, the Diocesan School of 
Clogher in Mill-Street, the Gaol, which cost upwards of 
£20,000, and the Cavalry Barracks at the N. entrance of 
the town. Monaghan has also neat Shambles and several 
Schools. 

Adjoining this town is a fine seat of Mr. Hamilton's, 
and also the mansions of Lagacory and Falkland. 

The County of Monaghan is 30 miles in length, and is 
much benefited by the linen manufacture ; it has many 
beautiful lakes of no great size ; and although the land is 
fertile, and covered by good cottages and villages, there 
are many hills and some extensive mosses. 

Pop. 4500. Fairs: First Monday of each month. 
Inns: The King's Arms ; the Westenra Arms ; the Red 
Lion ; the Black Bull. 

EMY VALE is a beautiful village of Monaghan, with 
many gentlemen's seats near it. Three miles beyond it 
is Erigill Church on the left. 

Seats : AnkettelVs Grove, and Fort Singleton. 

AUGHER, in Tyrone, was formerly a Borough town, 
but is now a place of small note. It is seated on the 
Blackwater, near to the town of Clogher. 

OMAGH, the County and Assize Town of Tyrone, 
is pleasantly situated at the junction of the Drumraw 
and the Common. Its name signifies The 6 Chief's Re- 
sidence.' Of its Castle only the ruins remain, and there 
are no vestiges of its Abbey. The town was burnt in 
1748, but has been neatly rebuilt, and the adjacent district 
possesses a flourishing linen manufacture. The principal 
public buildings are the Court House, the County Gaol, at- 
tached to which is a Lunatic Asylum, and the County In- 
firmary. Omagh also possesses a neat stone Church, a 

X 3 



231 DUBLIN TO LONDONDERRY. 

Roman Catholic Chapel, Meeting Houses, a Free-School, 
and Barracks. 

Pop. 2500. Fairs : Nine annually. Inns : The White 
Hart ; the Abercorn Arms. 

NEWTOWN STEWART is a town of Tyrone on 
the banks of the Strule. Near the Church are the ruins 
of the ancient Castle. There are also Meeting Houses, a 
Roman Catholic Chapel, and a Dispensary. 

Seat : Three miles distant is the Marquis of Aber- 
corn's splendid mansion, Baron's Court, considered one of 
the finest in the kingdom : the park is also celebrated for 
its timber. In an island of the Lake is a picturesque 
Castle Ruin. The neighbouring mountains are truly 
romantic. 

Pop. 750. Fairs: Mar. 28, June 2, Oct. 10, Dec. 11. 
Inn: Hamilton's. 

DOUGLAS BRIDGE is a village of Tyrone, on the 
banks of the Foyle. Beyond it is Camus Church, and a 
glebe house. 

STRABANE, or STRATHBANE, is a large town of 
Tyrone, near the confluence of the Fin and the Mourne. 
In 1615 James Hamilton Baron Strabane built the Town, 
Castle, Church, and School House. There are also good 
Barracks, a Fever Hospital, and Meeting Houses. The 
Inns are respectable, and the environs pleasing. Strabane 
is the property of the Marquis of Abercorn (Viscount 
Strabane). In the time of James I. and Charles II. the 
family of Hamilton of Strabane, and the Clanbrassil 
branch seated at Tullymore, Carnysure, and Coronery 
acquired great possessions throughout the north of Ireland. 
A handsome bridge across the river communicates with 
LifFord on the west bank. Hence a Canal leads to the 
Foyle. 

Pop. 5000. Fairs : Feb. 1, May 12, Aug. 1, Nov. 12. 
Inn : The Abercorn Arms. 

LIFFORD, the county and assize town of Donnegal, 
is situated on the Foyle, and within view of Strabane. 
Both these towns previous to the Union were boroughs, 
returning members to the Irish parliament. The situa- 
tion is romantic, and the vicinity is embellished by nume- 



DUBLIN TO LONDONDERRY. 235 

rous handsome seats. The principal buildings are, the 
Gaol, erected in 1825 ; the Church, the Court House, and 
the County Infirmary. 

Pop. 1000. 

ST. JOHNSTOWN is a considerable town of Donne- 
gal, likewise situated on the Foyle, across the wide chan- 
nel of which is a prospect of the Tyrone hills. 

CARRIGANS is a small town of Donnegal. Beyond 
Prospect Hill the road enters the county of Londonderry. 

LONDONDERRY, or DERRY, forms a county 'in 
itself distinct from that of which it is the capital. It is a 
place of great antiquity, St. Columb having founded an 
Abbey here in 546, and was colonized by Londoners, to 
whom James I. granted a charter. It is celebrated for 
the gallant and successful defence which its inhabitants, 
under the direction of Mr. Walker a clergyman, made 
against James II. in 1690. The siege lasted 105 days, 
during which the garrison lost upwards of 10,009, and the 
besieging army about 8000 men. 

This handsome city is seated on the Foyle, and is sur- 
rounded by ramparts about a mile in circumference, which 
form an excellent promenade. The streets are spacious, 
and the houses in general handsome. In the centre of the 
town is a fine square, called the Diamond, in the middle 
of which stands the Exchange, a stately building, whence 
the four principal streets diverge to gates at their extre- 
mities. The Cathedral is a noble Gothic edifice, occupy- 
ing the summit of the eminence on which the city is built ; 
it was erected in 1633, and has a lofty square tower. The 
gardens of the Episcopal Palace, outside the walls, corn- 
mand fine prospects. The Court House in Bishop Street 
is an elegant stone structure, of Grecian architecture, with 
a portico surmounted by statues of Mercy and Justice. 
The other public buildings are — the County Gaol, the 
front of which is 120 feet long and 40 high ; the 
Linen Hall ; and the Theatre. The wooden bridge, built 
in 1790 by Mr. Cox, of Boston in America, is remarkable 
for its curious construction ; it is 1068 feet in length and 
40 in breadth, and has a drawbridge for the admission of 
vessels. The view of the city from this bridge is worthy 
of notice. 

Londonderry also possesses a R. C. Chapel, an Episco- 



236 DUBLIN TO LONDONDERRY. 

pal Chapel, Meeting Houses, a County Infirmary, and a 
News Room and Library. The city returns a member to 
parliament, and its corporation consists of a Mayor, She- 
riifs, Aldermen, and Recorder. It has recently been 
raised into a Marquisate. The linen manufacture flou- 
rishes here, and an extensive trade is carried on in the 
export of linen, butter, beef, pork, and meal ; and the 
import of tea, sugar, wine, brandy, timber, and flax seed. 

The harbour is safe and capacious, and the quays are 
commodious. The King's Stores form a fine range of 
building ; the guns are dismounted, but amongst thern 
may be seen the Walker, a piece of ordnance 10 feet 
long, bearing the date 1642. Four miles below the city, 
the river falls into Lough Foyle, which communicates 
with the North Sea. Here stands Culmore Fort, of which 
the governor of Derry is commandant, and at the mouth 
of the Lough is Green Castle. The Lough is a fine ex- 
panse of water, 14 miles long and 8 broad. Off its mouth 
is the Tounds Bank, and the sands stretch along the 
left of the channel into the bay, but the channel itself is 
free, and there is 5 fathoms water close to the city. 

Three miles N. of Londonderry is Aileach Neid, an an- 
cient rath or fortresss of the O'Neils, destroyed by Mur- 
togh O'Brian in 1101. 

Pop. 12,500. Fairs: June 17, Sept. 4, Oct. 17. Mar- 
ket-days : Wednesday and Saturday. Inns : The Cale- 
donian Hotel ; the City Hotel ; the Marine Hotel ; Mur- 
ray's ; Boyle's ; the King's Arms ; Alexander's. 



No. 143. From Dublin to LONDONDERRY. Se- 
cond Road. Through Ardee, Omagh, and Mount 
Hamilton. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles 

Drogheda*, as atNo. 1. 23^ Ballymegarry , 101" 

Castleblaney*, as at No. 7. 51J Grange, or Mount Hamilton 106| 

Omagh*, as at No. 142. 87 Ferry Bank . 112J 

Newtown Stewart* . 94 Londonderry* . 113 

Strabane* . 101| 

BALLYMEGARRY is a village of Tyrone. On the 
right beyond it is the Church of Meekpatrick, 
Fairs : May 3, July 5, Nov. 2. 



DUBLIN TO LONDONDERRY. 237 

MOUNT HAMILTON is a village of Tyrone. 
Fairs: Jan. 4, March 3, June 4, Oct. 4. 



No. 144. From Dublin to LONDONDERRY. Third 
Road. Through Armagh, Dungiven, and Clady. 



Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Dublin Castle to 


Miles, 


Dundalk *, as at N< 


). 1. . 401 


Stramore Inn 


. 91 


Armagh *, as at No. 


6. . 62J 


Dungiven . 


. 99 


Blackwater Town 


. 66i 


Banagher Church . 


. loii 


Charlemont * 


. 631 


Clady 


. 10/f 


Dungaimon * 


. 781 


The Cross 


. Hlf 


New Mills 


. 75J 


Ferry Bank 


• 1H1 


Dunaghy* 


. 78 


Londonderry * 


. 115 


Cookstown * . . 


. 81| 







BLACKWATER TOWN is a small post town of Ar- 
magh, pleasantly situated on the Blackwater, over which 
is a handsome bridge. At Benburb, a village one mile 
distant, is the Parish Church of both towns. The Black- 
water River divides Armagh and Tyrone. At the foot of 
the bridge, in the county of Tyrone, is Clonfeckle^ a sub- 
urb, in which is a R. C. Chapel. 

Fairs : second Wednesday of each month. 

DUNGIVEN is a market and post town of Deny, 
which is approached by a road over a mountain. It is 
built in a rich valley, watered by the beautiful river Roe, 
which is joined by two tributary streams near this town. 
The sept of O'Cahane was once powerful amidst the high 
range of hills in the vicinity, and O'Kane, a native chief- 
tain who built a Friary here, was interred in the ancient 
cemetery, together with his seven sons. Here is a spa- 
cious mansion somewhat dilapidated ; the Church, built 
near the road which conducts to Maghera, is cruciform ; 
and there is a R. C. Chapel beyond it. Here is an exten- 
sive bleach green. Two miles east of Dungiven is Ben- 
bradagh Mountain, the summit of which is 1300 feet 
above the level of the sea. 

Pop. 1200. Fairs : Dungiven has nine in the course 
of the year. Inn : M'Quilkin's. 

BANAGHER CHURCH, in Derry, is on the left side 
of the road beyond Dungiven ; 3J miles beyond it is the 



238 DUBLIN TO LONGFORD. 

village of Teeny, and a mile farther is Siraid Church, in 
a dilapidated condition. 

CLADY is a pretty village of Derry, built on the hanks 
of the Faughan ; distant \\ mile is the ancient ruin of 
Q* Kane's Castle. Fairs : May 17, and November 17. 

Seat : Beaufort Lodge. 

THE CROSS, or MUFF, is a village of Derry, si- 
tuated close to the river Fanghan. 

Seats : Beyond the Cross are Beechhill and Ashbrook. 



No. 145. 


From 


Dublin to 


i LONGFORD. 


Through 




Athboy, 


FlSTAE, 


and Granard. 




Dublin Castle to 




Miles. 


Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Athboy*, as 


at No. 


185. 


. m 


Finae 


. 47f 


Clonmellon * 




. 33| 


Granard 


. 52 


Cross Keys 


. 




. 37 


Longford* • 


. 64 



CROSS KEYS is a village of Meath; 1J mile beyond 
it are a small Lough and ruined Castle; and within 2 
miles of Finae is a Race Course. 

FINAE is an agreeable place, situated partly in two 
counties, Westmeath and Cavan, which are separated by 
a small river connecting Lakes Shellin and Ennil. 

Fans : June 5; July 27 ; Aug, 18 ; Sept. 18 ; Nov. 15. 

GRANARD is a market and post town of Longford, 
handsomely built. It was a Borough, but lost its elective 
franchise at the Union. Its public buildings are a neat 
Gothic Church, a R. C. Chapel, a Parochial School, and 
Barracks for Infantry. The country between Granard 
and St. Johnstown is mountainous, but is inhabited by 
many respectable gentlemen. Annual prizes for the best 
performance on the Irish harp are given in this town. At 
the extremity of the principal street is the Moat of Gra- 
nard, on the top of which is an ancient Castle or Fort, 
commanding a view of six counties. An Abbey, founded 
here for Cistertian monks in 1250, was burned by the in- 
vading forces of Edward Bruce. The Earl of Granard is 
of the family of Forbes. The linen manufacture flourishes 
in Granard. 

In the vicinity are several interesting objects. Larva 
Abbey, said to have been founded by St. Patrick, is a beau- 



DUBLIN TO LURGAN. 239 

tiful ruin, 2 miles distant on the Finae side. Lough Shellin 
is 7 miles in length and 4 in breadth, and is connected with 
Lough Inny in the vicinity of Finae and Daly's Bridge ; 
it has some pretty islands and a beautiful shore. The 
islands of Lough Gar on contain some grand vestiges of 
monastic opulence ; All Saints Abbey is seen rising above 
the waters on a delightful island, and in another isle is a 
second monastery. 

Seats : Spring Park and Tully, 2\ miles beyond Gra- 
nard. 

Pop. 2600. Fairs ; May 3 ; Oct. 1. Inns : The New 
Inn ; Granard Inn. 

No. 14G. From Ditelin to LOUTH. Through Duo g- 

HEDA and DUNLEER. 
Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Drogheda *, as at No. 1. . 23| Louth . . .39 

Dunleer* . . . 30§ 

LOUTH was an ancient town, giving name to the 
county of Louth ; but it is now reduced to a village. St. 
Patrick is said to have founded an Abbey here, the site 
of which was afterwards occupied by a Priory for Canons 
regular, but there are no vestiges of either. 

Seat : Louth Hall y 3 miles distant, the mansion of 
Lord Louth. 

Pop. 700. Fair : March 28. 



No. 147. From Dublin to LURGAN. Through 
Gilford. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Loughbrickland*,asatNo.l5. 8J Waringstown* . . 67 

Gilford . . . 62£ Lurgan* . . .69 

GILFORD is a post town in Down, having a fine 
bridge of numerous arches across the Bann. It is sur- 
rounded by bleach-fields ; and the scenery along the river 
is very interesting. Here is a chalybeate Spa. Gilford has 
a neat Church, R. C. Chapels, and Meeting-Houses. 

Fairs; June 21 ; Nov. 21. 



240 DUBLIN TO MALAHIDE. 



No. 148. From 


DlTBLIX 


to MALAHIDE. 


Through 




St 


. DoiTLOUGIl's. 




Dublin Castle to 




Miles. 


Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Fair View . 




• X 4 


Belcamp 


. 4. 


Dunnycarney 




. 2 


Belgriffin 


• 4J 


Artane 




. 2i 


St, Doulough's , 


• 41 


Coolock 




. 3 


Malahide . 


. Gh 



DONNYCARNEY is a village of Dublin. Here is 
Marino, an excellent lodge, with finely-planted grounds, 
belonging to the Earl of Charlemont. 

ARTANE and COOLOCK are villages in the county 
of Dublin. 

BELGRIFFIN. Near this village are many pleasant 
mansions of the nobility and gentry of the county of 
Dublin. 

ST. DOULOUGH'S, in Dublin, is remarkable for 
its antique Church, situated on an eminence, and sup- 
posed to have been erected in the 9th century, in which, 
and the two succeeding centuries, other churches, also 
resembling the cells of Grecian Temples, were built in 
this kingdom, and adorned with rude columns. These 
edifices were only 40 feet in length. Near St. Catharine's 
Pond is a holy well, dedicated to the Virgin, which is the 
resort of numerous pilgrims. 

MALAHIDE is a village of Dublin, near an inlet of 
the sea. Malahide Castle, the seat of the Talbot family, 
is built on a beautiful peninsula, which contains lime- 
stone of various colours, and some veins of lead-ore. The 
mansion is an extensive pile, with a modern Gothic porch, 
and is adorned with a fine collection of pictures. This 
demesne commands a grand sea view, as it is on a high, 
bold coast, and the woods and timber are of great beauty. 
The manor and royalties extend far along the shore. In 
the village is a holy well, and a cotton manufacture has 
long been well established here. Near Malahide is Sea- 
park Court, an ancient mansion. 



DUBLIN TO MIDDLETON. 241 

No. 149. From Dublin to MALLOW. First Road. 

Through Clogheen and Doneraile. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Clogheen*, as at No. 26. 93£ Mallow*, as at No. 127. . H8£ 



No. 150. From Dublin to MALLOW. Second 
Road. Through Kilwobth and Castle Roche. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Kilworth *, as at No. 26. 104§ Castle Town Roche . 115 
Fermoy Bridge End* . 107£ Mallow* . . 121| 

Ballyhooly . . lllf 

BALLYHOOLY is a handsome village of Cork, situ- 
ated in a fine district, on the Blackwater. It has a well- 
built Church. 

CASTLETOWN ROCHE is a beautiful village of the 
county of Cork. On an eminence are the ruins of the old 
castle of the Roches, Lords of Fermoy, which was so nobly 
defended by Lady Roche against the forces of Cromwell. 
One mile from Castletown Roche, across the river, is the 
ancient castle of Carrignaconny. On the opposite side of 
the Blackwater is the church of Monanimy, where there 
was a Preceptory. At the junction of the River Aubeg 
with the Blackwater is the fine ruin of Bridgetoivn 
Abbey. 

Seats: Glenanore, belonging to the Purcell family; 
Ann's Grove ; Ballygriffin ; and Rockforest^ which is a 
very beautiful mansion on the Blackwater. 



No. 151. From Dublin to MIDDLETON. First 
Road. Through Kilkenny, Fermoy, and Rath- 
cormuck. 

Dublin Castle to Miles, Dublin Castle ta Miles. 

Fermoy *, as at No. 26. 107£ Middleton * . . 122 

Rathcormuck * . .111 



242 



DUBLIN TO MONAGHAN, 



No. 152. From Dublin to MIDDLETON. Second 
Road. Through Lismore, Tallow, and Killeagh. 



Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Clonmell *, as at No 


. 26. 81| 


Castletown * • 


no 


Cappoquin * 


. &Jh 


Ahadoe 


ill! 


Lismore * . 


100^ 


Killeagh * 


112 


Tallow * 


. 104£ 


Middleton * 


122 


Mount Uniacke * 


109J 






No. 153. From Dublin 


to MILL OF LOUTH, 




Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Dunlear *, as at No. 


1. 30£ 


Tullanstown . 


39| 


Braganstown 


35^ 


Mill of Louth* 


40=1 



No. 154. From Dublin to MONAGHAN. First 
Road. Through Drogheda, Ardee, and CASTLE- 
BLANEY. 

3 Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Drogheda*, as at No. 1. 23J Monaghan*, as at No. 142. 62J 
Castleblaney * as at No. 7. 51^ 



No. 155. From Dublin to MONAGHAN. Second 
Road. Through Drogheda, Dundalk, and Cul- 
loville. 

Dublin Castle to 

Dundalk*, as at No. 1. 

Rochdale 

Culloville 

Mullaghanee Bridge 

ROCHDALE, in Louth. 

Roche. 

CULLOVILLE is a village of Armagh. 
farther is Ardhirlc, a handsome mansion. 

Fairs : April 26 and 27, June 19, Oct. 26 



Miles. 


Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


40£ 


Castleblaney * 


53| 


45§ 


Castle Shane * 


6U 


49J 


Monaghan * 


64| 


51£ 







Here are the ruins of Castle 
Half a mile 



DUBLIN TO MONAGHAN, 



243 



No. 156. From Dublin to MONAGHAN. Third 
Road. Through Slane, Ardee, and Carrickma- 
cross. 



Dublin Castle to 


Miles, 


Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Finglass 


. 3 


Slane 


. 24 


Pass-if-you-can 


- 5k 


Grange Fortescue 


.27| 


St. Margaret's 


. 5| 


Ardee* 


. 33 


Chapel-midway 


■ 71 


Clonkeen 


. 36 


Kilsallaghan 


• 8£ 


Laggan Bridge 


. 38£ 


Greenoge . 


. 9| 


Carrickmacross 


. 42£ 


Curragha 


. 13| 


Ballybay 


. 53i 


Kilmoon Church. 


. IH 


Tullycarbet 


. 56i 


Black Lion 


. 19 


Monaghan* 


. 60J 


FINGLASS i 


s a village 


of Dublin, with 


a mineral 



Spring, which was formerly much celebrated. The Church, 
rebuilt in 1609, occupies the site of an ancient Abbey. 
One mile distant is the Observatory belonging to Trinity 
College. 

KILMOON CHU&CH in Meath. Near it is the ruin 
of Macetown Castle. 

SLANE is a village and post station of Meath, built on 
the Boyne. Its Church has a handsome steeple, built from 
designs by Mr. Johnston. Slane Abbey, a fine ruin above 
half a mile from the town, and the Hermitage, were, it is 
supposed, founded by Eiro, a Bishop of Slane. 

Seats : Slane Castle, the Marquess of Conyngham ; 
this fine mansion was built by Lord Slane, and its well- 
wooded domains, watered by the Boyne, are justly ad- 
mired. His Majesty George IV. visited Slane Castle in 
1821. On the banks of the Boyne are some extensive 
flour-mills ; and in this river are several islets. The 
woods and copses of Castle Slane are seen on the borders 
of the stream, one shore of which is skirted by rocky crags. 
Contiguous to Slane Castle is Stackallan, the seat of the 
Hamilton family. Two miles and a half distant is Dowth 
or Douthy a handsome mansion belonging to Viscount 
Netterville. In the vicinity took place the celebrated 
battle of the Boyne. 

At New Grange near Slane is a celebrated tumulus, in 
which is a very curious cave, lined with great slabs of 

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244 DUBLIN TO MONEYMORE. 

stone. It is said to have been used by the Druids as a 
Temple or heathen Cell, and is supposed by some antiqua- 
ries to have been the mausoleum of the chief of a colony 
of Belgse, established here in remote ages. 

Pop. 700. Fairs : April 2, June 2, Sept. 2, and Nov. 8. 

GRANGE FORTESCUE is a village of Meath. 

CLONKEEN CHURCH and village are in the county 
of Louth ; three miles beyond them is a Castle ruin. 

CARRICKMACROSS is a market and post town of 
Monaghan, with an endowed School, a neat modern 
Church, and a Roman Catholic Chapel. It has manufac- 
tories of soap, candles, leather, coarse shoes, and hats. 
The Glebe-house is seen on the left of the village ; and 
there are several gentlemen's seats. A mile and a half 
beyond it is the Church of Dunmayne ; and 3 miles from 
Carrickmacross is a pleasing Lake. Pop. 1880. Fairs: 
May 27, July 10, Sept. 27, Nov. 9, and Dec. 27. Inns: 
the Shirley Arms ; Cassidy's. 

BALLYBAY is a pleasant village of Monaghan; 3 
miles farther a small stream communicates between two 
Loughs on the right hand of the road. Bailybay is noted 
for a. monthly Fair. Pop. 1500. 

TULLY T CARBET Church and village are in the 
county of Monaghan. 



No. 157. From Dublin to MONEY r MORE. 


Through 


Drogheda and Dungannon. 




Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Dundalk *, as at No. 1. 


. 40£ 


Charlemont* 


. 68J- 


Forkhill . 


. m 


Dungannon 


. m 


Dromilly . • 


. 50f 


New Mills 


. 75£ 


Ma whan 


. 56J 


Dunaghy 


. 73 


Market- hill* 


. 58 


Cookstown 


. 81| 


Hamilton's Bawn . 


• 60J 


Moneymore * 


. 85i 


Richhill 


. 62i 







FORKHILL is a village of Armagh, with Barracks; 
and the seat once belonging to Sir George Jackson, Bart. 
Slieve Gidlen Mountain, at a short distance to the right, 
is a celebrated hill of great height. Its base covers a large 
extent, but its summit is the object of most interest : it 



DUBLIN TO MONEYMORE. 245 

exhibits a large pool or lake, with steps descending into a 
recess by the water's edge, which the neighbouring pea- 
santry suppose to be the resort of sprites and elves. 

Pop. 150. 

DROMILLY is a village of Armagh, Beyond it is 
Bally wire Church, 2J miles distant, and on its left is 
Ballemoyer Lodge. 

MA WHAN is a village of Armagh, on the Keadybeg 

HAMILTON'S BAWN is a small but well-built 
town of Armagh, having a barrack. Near it is Dunne- 
naught, a pleasant residence. Pop. 300. 

RICHHILL is a beautiful little village of Armagh. 
Castle Dillon, the seat of Sir Capel Molyneux, Bart., is 
surrounded by a finely-wooded demesne, sheets of water, 
&c. In the grounds are two columns, raised in honour of 
the order of St. Patrick, and of the volunteers of Ireland. 
Mr. Richardson's handsome seat is also close to the village. 

DUNGANNON is one of the principal towns of Ty- 
rone, and returns a member to parliament. It Avas the 
ancient residence of the O'Neills, chieftains of the North ; 
one of whom, the leader in the rebellion against Elizabeth, 
was created Earl of Tyrone, or Tiro wen, and retained his 
provincial rank as a native prince, by the double art of the 
courtier in doing homage to the Virgin Queen, and of the 
warrior in repelling the English forces from his territory. 
Iiis Castle at Dungannon was some time after rased to 
the ground by Ireton's troops. The Monastery of Dun. 
gannon was founded by the O'Neale family, and soon 
afterwards granted to the Earl of Westmeath, by whom 
it was assigned to Sir A. Chichester. Vestiges of it still 
exist. Dungannon possesses a modern Church, a R. C. 
Chapel, Meeting Houses, Gaol and Court House, several 
Schools, and a Dispensary. The coal-mines of this dis- 
trict are constantly worked, and the canal from this town, 
which passes by Coal Island, and enters Lough Neagh, 
affords it a communication with Lisburn, Belfast, 
Newry, &c. 

Farmhill is a splendid seat of Lord Northland. 
Pop. 4000. Fairs: first Thursday of each month* 
Inns : The King's Arms ; the Northland Arms. 

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246 DUBLIN TO NAVAN, 

DUNAGHY is a village of Tyrone. Near it is Desart- 
creat Church, as well as a good mansion and demesne. 

COOK3TOWN, in Tyrone, is an increasing market 
and post town, consisting principally of one well-built 
street, nearly a mile in length, bordered by lofty trees. 
It has a good market, and carries on the linen manufac- 
ture. It has a neat Gothic Church erected in 1820, a 
R. C. Chapel, and several Meeting Houses. The culti- 
vated vale through which the Cookstown river flows is 
bounded by lofty hills. 

Seat : Killymoone, the mansion of the Stewart family, 
adjoining the town, is esteemed one of the best situations 
in this county. 

Pop. 1100. Fairs: Feb. 8 and 16, Mar. 28, May 8, 
June 15, Aug. 7, Sept. 4, Oct. 10, Nov. 6. Inns : The 
Stewart Arms ; the King's Arms. 



No. 158. From Dublin to MOUNT MELLICK. 
Through Lucax, Ceebbidge, and Portarling- 

TOX. 
Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Portariington*, as at No. 128. 36| Mount Mellick * . 43£ 



No. 159. From Dublin to MOY. Through Dundalk, 
Newtown-Hamilton, and Blackbaxk. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Dundalk*, as at No. 1. . 40^ Moy * 68£ 

Armagh*, as at No. 6. . 62£ 



No. 160. From Dublin to NAVAN. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Cabragh . . 2 Doudstown . 23 

Ritoath . . 12§ Navan* . . 26 

Screen . . 19£ 

RATOATH is a village of Eastmeath, formerly a bo- 
rough. Its unadorned Rath has a single tree growing on 



DUBLIN TO NEWMARKET. 247 

its summit, and forms a conspicuous object across the level 
plains of Eastmeath. Close to it are the foundations of an 
Abbey, on the site of which the Church is built. The 
village is surrounded with trees. St. John's Well is a re- 
sort of the peasantry towards the end of June. 

Pop. 580. Fairs : April 18, June 1 and 5, Sept. 10. 

SCREEN, or SKRYNE, is a village of Eastmeath. 
The Church is situated to the right of the ancient walls 
of a dilapidated Castle, and in the cemetery are some 
ancient crosses. The Chapel is the place where service is 
performed, the remainder of the Church being out of re- 
pair ; over the door is a curious sculpture. The summit 
of Screen Hill commands an extensive prospect. 

Fair ; Oct. 10. 



No. 161. From Dublin to NEWMARKET. Through 
Carlow, Kilkenny, and Mallow. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Clogheen*, as at No. 26. . 93J Kanturk . . 1 28 

Mallow*, as at No. 127. ) 18£ Newmarket . . 132 

KANTURK is a market and post town of Cork, situ- 
ated on the Alio and Dalluo rivers. The Castle, built in 
the reign of Elizabeth by M'Donough M'Carthy, has been 
repaired by Lord Egmont. Kanturk has a Church, a R. C. 
Chapel, and a Free School House. 

Pop. 2000. Fairs: Mar. 17, May 4, July 4, Sept. 29, 
Nov. 4, Dec. 11. 

NEWMARKET is a small town of Cork, with a neat 
Church, a R. C. Chapel, and Barracks. At a small school 
here Curran received the elements of learning. In the 
vicinity are the ancient castles of Carigacushen and Mac 
Auliffe. It is a mountainous district, and contains bogs, 
limestone, and several beds of coal. 

Fairs: June 8, Sept. 8, Oct. 10, and Nov. 21. Inn s 
Hartney's. 

Seat : The fine residence of R. R. AJdworth, Esq. 



248 DUBLIN TO NEW ROSS. 

No. 162. From Dublik to NEWPORT. Through 



Maynooth, 


Mullingar, and Castlebar. 


Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Khmegad *, as at No. 


97. 29J 


Ballyhaunis * . 


. 93| 


Strokestown*, as at No. 121.70 


Ball* 


. 1071 


Tulsk* . 


. • Toh 


Minola* 


. 109^ 


Castle-Plunket* 


. 78| 


Castlebar* 


. 114* 


Castlereagh* 


. 84J 


Newport Prat . 


. 123| 


Ballinlough * 


. 89| 







NEWPORT PRAT, or NEWPORT, is a sea-port 
town of Mayo : its commerce is inconsiderable, although 
it has an excellent harbour for large ships. Its rival, 
Westport, on the south cove of Clew Bay, appears more 
fortunate : the mountains, which are of great altitude in 
the surrounding district, interrupt the inland communica- 
tions, and the course of trade appears to divide itself 
betwixt Killala and Westport. The mansion of Seamount 
is in a bold situation above the harbour. A small river 
takes its rise in the hills, and quickly discharges its rapid 
stream into the Bay of Newport. 

Of the numerous and interesting Islands in Clew Bay, 
which forms a deep gulph, the following are amongst the 
largest : — Inisllne, Ilanmore, Inishugh, Inisclare, and 
Inisturk. Off the mouth of this beautiful Bay are the 
great Islands of Achilla consisting of wild verdant hills : 
they are frequented by persons engaged in the pursuit of 
various species of fowl, and form an interesting excursion 
to the sportsman. 



No. 163. From Dublin to NEW ROSS. First Road. 
Through Leighlin Bridge, Gore's Bridge, and 
Burris. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Leighlin Bridge*, as at New Ross*, as at No. 91. 67^ 

No. 26. ... 45 



DUBLIN TO NEWTOWN ARDES. 249 

No. 164. From Dublin to NEW ROSS. Second 
Road. Through Carlow, Bagxell's Bridge, and 
Burris. 

Dublin Castle to 

Carlow *, as at No. 26. 
Clonmulsh Church 
Dunleckney 

CLONMULSH CHURCH and DUNLECKNEY are 

villages of Carlow. 

BAGNELL'S BRIDGE is a village of Carlow, on the 
Barrow. 



tiles. 


Dubli Castle to 


Miles, 


39 


Bagnell's Bridge 


. . m 


43 


Burris * . . 


■ . 54i 


46| 


New Ross * 


. . 67 



No. 165. From Dublin to NEWRY. Through Drog- 
heda, Dundalk, and Carlingford. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Dundalk *, as at No. 1. . 40£ Carlingford* . . . 51| 
Ballymascanlan . . 40f Newry* .... 61 J 

BALLYMASCANLAN is a village of Louth, on the 
Jonesborough River. A mile beyond it is the Giant's 
Load — a mass of rock, 12 feet long and 6 square, placed 
upon the top of three great stones. Near to Bellurgari 
Park, in the vicinity, is the ancient Castle named Castle 
Bath ; it is surrounded by some Motes and Raths, and 
close to it is a remarkable tumulus. A mile from Castle 
Rath, near the sea-coast, is Baling Castle. 



No. 166. From Dublin to NEWTOWN ARDES. 


Dublin Castle to Miles. 


Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Banbridge *, as at No. 1. 60^ 


Saintfield 


. 78 


Dromore * . 66 


Cumber* 


. 34 


Ballynahinch * . .74 


Newtown Ardes * 


. 87| 



SAINTFIELD is a market and post town of Down. It 
was occupied in 1798 by the Insurgents, after an action 
in which they gained a slight advantage. The condition 
of this town is rapidly improving. It has a well-attended 
market, and fairs held monthly. Its public buildings are 



250 DUBLIN TO NEWTOWN BELLEW. 

a Market House, a Church, a Chapel, and two Meeting- 
Houses. Near it is Saintfield House, the residence of 

Nicholas Price, Esq., proprietor of the town Pop. 963. 

Another road conducts to Belfast, distant 10 miles, 
through the village of Newtown Breda, in which is a hand- 
some Church and Steeple, 3 miles from Belfast, and near 
it Belvoir, the mansion of Sir Robert Bateson, Bart. 
This entire district is fertile and well cultivated, and is 
the seat of the linen and other manufactures. 



No. 167. From Dublin to NEWTOWN BELLEW. 
Through Kinnegad, Athlone and Ballinasloe. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Ballinasloe*, as^atNo.97. 71| Mount Bellew Bridge . 85^ 

Ahascragh . . . 78J Newtown Bellew * . . 87| 
Caltragh . ,■ .82 

AHASCRAGH is a village and post town of Galway.— 
Seat : Clonbrock, the charming residence of Lord Clon- 
brock, 2 miles distant. Pop. 750. Fairs: June 16, 
Aug. 25, Nov. 24. 

CALTRAGH is a small village in the county of Gal- 
way — Fairs: July 12, Sept. 21, Dec. 14. 

MOUNT BELLEW BRIDGE, in Galway. Here 
are extensive Flour Mills. — Seat ; the mansion of Sir E. 
Bellew, Bart., with the ruins of Castle Bellew, Fairs ; 
June 9, July 25, Sept. 29. 



No. 168. From Dublin to NEWTOWN MOUNT 
KENNEDY. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Bray* . . . .11 Newtown Mount Kennedy 17 

NEWTOWN MOUNT KENNEDY is a village and 
post station of Wicklow, situated in a very romantic dis- 
trict, and already nourishing in its appearance. See No. 
203. 



DUBLIN TO OMAGH. 251 

No. 1C9. From Dublin to OMAGH. First Road. 
Through Collon, Moka&han, and Augher. 

Dublin Castle to Miles, Dublin Castle to Miles, 

Drogheda* as at No. 1. 23J Omagh* as at No. 142. . 94£ 
Castleblaney *, as at No. 7. 51§ 



No. 170. From Dublin to OMAGH. Second Road. 
Through Castle Shane, Emy Vale, and Bally- 

GAWLY. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles, 

Drogheda*, as at No. 1. 23| Aughnacloy • • 71 

Castleblaney*, as at No. 7. 51 \ Ballygawly . . 7^i 

Emy Vale* as at No. 142. 66| Omagh* . . 86| 

AUGHNACLOY, in Tyrone, is an agreeable post 
and market town, built near the Blackwater, in which 
are found excellent trout. It is traversed by several 
roads from the principal towns in Tyrone. It has a 
handsome Church, a R. C. Chapel, and Meeting Houses. 
This road to Omagh is half a mile nearer than by Augher. 
One mile from Aughnacloy, in the direction of Augher, 
are the ruins of Lismore Fort, once of considerable 
strength. ■ 

Pop. 2000. Fairs : Jan. 6, May 14, July 3, Oct. 10, 
1st Thursday, O. S., in Nov. Inn : The King's Arms. 

BALLYGAWLY is a village in Tyrone, with many 
neighbouring villas. Four miles beyond it is the Starbog 
Spa, 

Fairs: June 5, Sept. 2, Nov. 2. 



No. 171. From Dublin to OMAGH. Third Road. 
Through Hamilton's Bawn, Dungannon, and 

DoNAGHMORE. 

Dublin Castle to Mites. 

Dundalk*, as at No. 1. 40J 

Dungannon*, as at No. 157. 72| 
Donaghmore . . . 75J 
Pomeroy . . . 80§ 

DONAGHMORE is a village of Tyrone. 



Dublin Castle to 


Miles, 


Nine-Mile House 


. 841 


Six-Mile Cross 


. 87| 


Omagh* . 


. M% 



252 DUBLIN TO OUGHTERARD, 

Fairs : First Tuesday of every month. 
POMEROY is a village of Tyrone. 
Fairs: June 1, Nov. 11. 



No. 172. From Dublin to OMAGH. Fourth 
Road. Through Dungatstnon, and Castle Caul- 
field. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Dundalk*, as at No. 1. . 40£ Ballygawly*. . . 82£ 

Dungannon* asatNo. 157. 723 Omagh* . . . 94f 

Castle Caulfield . 75i 

CASTLE CAULFIELD is in Armagh. Here stood 
the Castle of Lord Charlemont, which was destroyed in 
the great rebellion (1641), and its possessor slain. 



No. 172. From Dublin to OUGHTERARD. Through 
Philipstown, Banagher, Loughrea, and Gal- 
way. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Galway*, as at No. 97. 102§ Oughterard . . 116^ 

Drumcong . . 109J 

DRUM, or DRUMCONG, is a village of Galway. 

OUGHTERARD is a post town in Galway, forming 
a good station for the intelligent traveller or painter who 
is willing to undertake the labour of penetrating into the 
mountainous region towards the west, in which is the 
celebrated district of Connemara, the property of R. Mar- 
tin, Esq., M.P. Oughterard contains Barracks for infan- 
try, and near it is a chalybeate and ferruginous Spa. The 
indented coasts of the bays on the west side of the county 
of Galway are hemmed in by some very interesting 
Islands, which are as little known as the beautiful and 
stupendous hills of the main land. 

Pop. 600. 

Seats: Dangan, R. Martin, Esq.; Menlough Castle, 
Sir J. Blake, Bart. The lakes in this vicinity are exten- 
sive and beautiful ; for a description of Lough Corrib see 
the article on Galway. 



DUBLIN TO PORTADOWN. 253 

On the coast of Galway, beyond Oughterard, is the 
village of Farmoyle ; and in the barony of Ballinahinch 
is situated the small town of Ballinahinch, above which 
are seen the rocky precipices of Beannabeola, called the 
Twelve Pins, Here was a Carmelite Friary, founded 
A. D. 1356. 

Pop. 1000. 

In this quarter, called Joyce *s Country, are some beau- 
tiful lakes and streams. 

Beyond Ballinahinch the road is continued to Ballina- 
Jcill, a village on a small estuary, opposite to the beauti- 
ful Island of Ennisbofine. On the right of this rugged 
district, which abounds with green mountain heights of 
great elevation, and romantic winding valleys, a large 
stream, named the Owenreave River, divides Galway 
from the county of Mayo, and beyond is seen the range 
of the great Morisk Hills. This river falls into an open 
bay, to the south of Newport, or Clew Bay. 

Fairs are held at Ballinahinch, June 29 and Oct. 20. 



No. 174. From Dublin to PORTADOWN. First 
Road. Through Loughbrickland. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Loughbrickland *, as at Moy alien . . 63^ 

No. 1. . 58J Portadown . . 65| 

Gilford * 62J 

MOYALLEN is a village of Down. 

PORTADOWN is a well-built market and post town 
of Armagh, on the west side of the Bann, over which is 
a handsome stone bridge. Half a mile from it is Drum- 
cree church, and R. C. Chapel. A mile above Portadown, 
the canal from Newry falls into the River Bann, and thus 
forms a communication with Lough Neagh. The great 
market for grain gives a degree of activity to this little 
town, and the linen manufacture is also profitable to it. 

Pop. 300. Fairs : First Saturday in each month ; 
Easter Monday ; Whit Monday ; Nov. 12, Inn : Wuh 
ker's. 



254 DUBLIN TO PORTRUSH. 

No. 175. From Dublin to PORTADOWN. Second 
Road. Through Tanderagee. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Newry*, as at No. 1. . 50| Portadown* . . 65J 

Tanderagee . . 61^ 

TANDERAGEE. See No. 13. One mile distant 
towards Newry is Clare Castle^ and three miles towards 
Portadown is Dawson's Grove. Mullyvilly Church is 
half-way from Tanderagee to Portadown. 



No. 176. From Dublin to PORTAFERRY. Through 
Rathfriland, Clogh, and Downpatrick. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Newry*, as at No. 1. . 50 J Portaferry* . . 80J 

Strangford*, as at No. 12. 80 



No. 177. From Dublin to PORTGLENONE. Through 
Lurgan, Antrim, and Randalstown. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Antrim *, as at No. 1. . 83 Grange* . . 93 J 

Randalstown* . 88 Portglenone * . , 9?t 



No. 178. From Dublin to PORTRUSH. Through 
Drogheda, Armagh, and Coleraine. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Dundalk*, as at No. 1. 40J Coleraine*, as at No. 60. 1C9£ 

Armagh*, as at No. 6. . 62j Portrush . . 114 

PORTRUSH is a village of Antrim, with a Custom- 
House establishment and Salt Works. The yellow 
strand of Portrush is much admired. The alternate 
cliffs of lime, perforated by caverns formed by the waves, 
and rocks of whin-stone and basalt, furnish a varied line 
of coast ; but the green summits of the gently swelling 
hills which form the back of the cliffs are generally desti- 
tute of trees. Near Portrush is the grand ruin of Dun- 
luce Castle. 

Pop. 250. 



DUBLIN TO ROSCOMMON. 255 



No. 179. From Dublin to PORTUMNA. First 
Road. Through. Philipstown, Tullamore, and 
Birr. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Frankford*, asatNo.99. 55| Birr or Parsonstown » 63| 
Eglish* . . 60£ Portumna , . 74J 

PORTUMNA is a pleasant village and post station of 
G-alway, 011 the west side of the Shannon, across which is 
a ferry. The wooden bridge over the river has been 
occasionally carried away by the stream, or broken in. 
The ancient Friary at Portumna was a cell to the Cister- 
tian Abbey at Dunbrody in Wexford ; its remaining walls 
form an elegant ruin, and its choir has been converted 
into the modern Church of Portumna. Here also are 
Infantry Barracks, and the ruins of the original Castle, 
as well as the Castle of the Marquess of Clanricarde, a 
noble mansion, of antique appearance. At Lorrah, on 
the Tipperary side, are some castle ruins. The remains 
of the Palace Castle, at Tynagh, are surrounded by wood. 

Seat : Flower Hill, a beautiful mansion of Lord Ri- 
verston. 

Pop. 900. Fairs : Feb. 15, May 6, July 1, Aug. 15, 
Oct. 17, Nov. 15. 



No. 180. From Dublin to PORTUMNA. Second 
Road. Through Kildare, Maryborough, and 
Roscrea. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Roscrea*, as at No. 3. . 59J Portumna* I » 79J 

Birr or Parsonstown * . 69^ 



No. 18L From Dublin to ROSCOMMON. Through 

Luc an, Kinnegad, and Athlone. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Athlone *, as at No. 97. • 59J Roscommon* * , 74| 

Ballvmurry * . , 69f 



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256 DUBLIN TO SCARVA 



No. 182. From Dublin to RUTLAND. Through 
Navan", Enniskillen, Donnegal, and Dungio. 

Dublin Castle to Miles . 

Mount Charles *, as at 
No. 79 114 



Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


River Gibbarrow 


. 129 


Drumlaghded Hill 


. 13l£ 


Dunglo * 


. 135 


Rutland 


. 139 



Sir Albert's Bridge . 120 

Olentis . . .123 

Shaltagan Bridge . . 126 

SIR ALBERT'S BRIDGE, in Donnegal. One mile 
beyond Killiene Lough is Sir Albert's Well ; half a mile 
farther is Sir Albert's Bridge. Beyond which Drienlin 
Bridge is 1 mile distant ; and 2 miles farther, there is a 
Bridge across the Glentis, or Onea River. 

G LENT IS is a village of Donnegal, on the River 
<A.m drass 

SHALTAGAN BRIDGE is a village of Donnegal. 

RUTLAND is a post town, commodiously built in one 
©f the North Isles of Arran, and is noted for its fisheries, 
particularly of herrings. The Island of Rutland contains 
180 acres, and is situated off the mouth of a creek which 
runs up to Dunglo, in Donnegal, and affords an excellent 
shelter for vessels engaged in the fisheries, which have 
here a secure roadsted in three fathoms water. Dunglo 
forms a market for Rutland, and is the great thorough- 
fare to it from the county of Donnegal. The streets are 
nearly 50 feet wide, and are uniform : the town is pro- 
vided with excellent stores and warehouses ; and there is 
a handsome quay, as well as a dockyard. — Pop. 200. 






No. 183. From Dublin to SCARVA. Through Drog- 
heda, Newrf, and Loughbiiickland. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Loughbrickland # , as at Scarva . • . 60 § 

No. 1. . . . 58J 

SCARVA is a pleasant village of DoAvn, situated close 
to the Newry canal : it has a considerable salt work. 
Lough Shark is a small sheet of water near Scarva. 

Fairs: March 21, June 10, Sept. 5, Nov. 14. 



DUBLIN TO SLIGO. 257 

No. 184. From Dublik to SLIGO. Mail-Coach 
Road. Through Mullingar, Longford, and Car- 
rick-ost-Shannon. 



Dublin Castle to 


Miles, 


Dublin Castle to 


Miles, 


Kinnegad *, as at No. 


97. 29£ 


Drumasnave 


. 72| 


Mullingar 


. 38J 


Jamestown 


. 73| 


Leny 


. 441 


Carrick on Shannon . 77 


Ballinalack 


. 461 


Ardkarna Church 


. 81| 


Edgeworth's -Town- 


. 521 


Boyle 


. 84§ 


Longford 


. 58J 


Ballinafad 


. 87| 


Newtown Forbes 


. 61 


Colooney 


. 98| 


Rusky Bridge 


. 661 


Ballasedere 


. 100£ 


Drummote 


. 67| 


Sligo 


. 103| 


MULLINGAR 


, the county town of Westmeath, is 



almost surrounded by the Canal which communicates with 
Dublin. It consists principally of one long street, from 
which others diverge. The chief public buildings are the 
Church, which is modern ; a Roman Catholic Chapel, a 
Meeting House, the Barracks, the Gaol and Court House^ 
the Infirmary, and the Market House. Here may be 
seen the ruins of two Monasteries, founded in the thir- 
teenth century, one of which, called the House of God of 
Mullingar, was for Augustines ; the other was for Domi- 
nicans. The environs of Mullingar are pleasing, and are 
diversified by romantic sites, extensive lakes, and excellent 
mansions. This town is an emporium for wool, and is 
noted for a horse and cattle fair. 

Pop. 4200. Market-day : Thursday. Fairs : April 6, 
July 4, Aug. 29, Nov. 11. Inn: Murray's. 

LENY, in Westmeath, has a modern-built Church, and 
on a hill, in the vicinity, is a School House. One mile and 
a half distant, between Lough Hoyle and Lough Deriva- 
ragh, is Wilson's Hospital, for the support of 16 old men, 
and the education and maintenance of 16 boys, natives of 

this county Seat : Donore, a mansion of the Nugent 

family. 

BALLINALACK is a village of Westmeath, plea 
santly situated on the Inny, which connects two beautifu 
Loughs. 

Seat : Trisfemagh, the demesne of the Piers family 

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253 DUBLIN TO SLIGO. 

Near this mansion formerly stood the ruins of an Abbey, 
founded shortly after the English invasion, by Sir Geoffrey 
Constance ; but these beautiful vestiges of monastic ar- 
chitecture were entirely demolished in 1783. Near the 
entrance to Tristernagh are the ruins of Templecross 
Chapel. 

EDGEWORTH'S-TOWN is a large and pleasant 
village of Longford. It is remarkable as the residence of 
the Edgeworth family, so celebrated for its literary 
talents. The spire of the Church, executed from a design 
by the late Mr. Edgeworth, is of cast-iron, covered with 
slate. In the Church -yard is the vault of the Edgeworth 
family, and the church contains, amongst other inscrip- 
tions, one in memory of the late R. L. Edgeworth, Esq. 
In the vicinity are quarries of slate. 

LONGFORD, the capital of the county of Longford, 
is a market and post town, situated on the Camlin, a 
small river which runs into the Shannon. The Paken- 
ham family, now possessing the title of Baron Longford, 
is distinguished in our military annals. Longford has a 
Church, a Market House, a Gaol, a Court House, Bar- 
racks, and a well-endowed School. It formerly possessed 
two Religious Houses, an Abbey, founded by Idus, its 
first Abbot, and a Dominican Friary, erected in the 15th 
century. 

Pop, 4600. Fairs: June 10, Oct. 16. Inns: The 
Longford Hotel, and Connor's Inn. 

NEWTOWN FORBES is a village of Longford. A 
mile distant is the mansion of Lord Granard. 

RUSKY BRIDGE across the Shannon. At this 
village a small canal assists the navigation. 

DRUMMOTE is a village of Leitrim, near the River 
Shannon. 

DRUMASNAVE is a village in Leitrim, on the East 
side of the Shannon. 

JAMESTOWN is a disfranchised borough of Leitrim, 
situated near the Shannon, which the road crosses twice. 
It has Barracks, a Roman-Catholic Chapel, and the ruins 
of a Castle, of which the military traditions possess inter- 
est. There was a Religious House at this place. Pop. 220. 

CARRICK-ON-SHANNON, the county town of Lei- 



DUBLIN TO SLIGO. 259 

trim, and formerly a Borough, is built on the North side 
of the river, over which there is a stone bridge of 11 
arches. It has spacious Barracks, and a large, newly- 
erected Gaol ; close to which is a commodious Court 
House of black stone, with a Doric portico. The other 
public buildings are a plain Church, a Roman-Catholic 
Chapel, Meeting Houses, a spacious County Infirmary, 
which is under judicious professional management, and 
two School Houses. 

Pop. 1860. Fairs: May 12, Aug. 11, and Nov. 21. 
Market-day : Thursday. Inn : Church's. 

ARDKARNA CHURCH, in Roscommon. Above a 
mile from this place, adjacent to Lough Key, is Kingston 
Hall, Earl of Kingston's, surrounded by tine planta- 
tions. 

BOYLE, a market and post town of Roscommon, is 
seated on the Boyle, which is a tributary stream to the 
Shannon. Over the river are two Bridges ; on one of 
which is a statue of William III. Boyle has a good 
Church, a Roman- Catholic Chapel, a Meeting House, a 
Free School, a Dispensary, and Barracks. It is some- 
times called Abbey-Boyle, from the Cistertian Abbey, 
founded in 1143. This was a ceil of Mellefont Abbey, 
and its beautiful remains may be seen in Kingston park, 
North of the river. This Abbey was frequently plun- 
dered by Irish chieftains, and in 1235 by Maurice Fitz- 
gerald, the Justiciary. The Gothic steeple rests on trans- 
verse arches, which are supported by round and clustered 
columns : the cloisters remain, but have been converted 
into Barracks, Adjacent to the Abbey is the foundation 
of a Round Tower. Lough Keg extends its beautiful 
expanse of water to Boyle : on its Islands are some castel- 
lated ruins, and lofty timber. 

Pop. 4000. Fairs : Mar. 6, May 30, July 25, Oct. 1. 
Inns : the Royal Hotel, the Lorton Arms. 

BALLINAFAD is a small village of Sligo. The keep, 
forming part of the ruins of its ancient Castle, commands 
a pleasing view. In the vicinity is Ballaghbuy Moun- 
tain, as well as Lough Arrow, a charming lake with 
many beautiful islands. In a wild district, on its banks, 
are the remains of Ballindoivn Abbey, consisting princi- 



DUBLIN TO SLIGO. 

pally of two Chapels, and a belfry, distinguished by this 
architectural peculiarity, — the East and West windows 
are pointed, and all the others elliptical. 

COLOONEY is a market and post town of Sligo, 
seated on the river Colooney. It has a handsome Church, 
in the Gothic style, dedicated to St. Paul, a Roman- 
Catholic Chapel, and a Linen Hall, erected by E. C. 
Cooper, Esq., who is a distinguished patron of this town. 
The linen manufacture nourishes here ; and there are 
some fine bleach greens, and mills. The Market is held 
on Thursday, and is the greatest for linen and yarn in 
the county. The French, under General Humbert, ob- 
tained an advantage here in 1798, but the English being 
reinforced, they surrendered shortly afterwards at Bal- 
linamuck. 

Pop. 700. Fairs: May 3, June 1, Aug. 9, Sept. 6. 
BALLASEBERE, or BALLISODARE, in Sligo, is 
seated on the Colooney Water, and is remarkable for its 
waterfall. Here is a stone Bridge of 7 arches ; also some 
Flour Mills, and a large bleach green. 

The principal objects near Ballasedere, are its lead 
mines, and the cemetery and ivy-clothed Abbey, near the 
mouth of the Colooney River. 

Pop. 150. Fairs : Feb. 8, July 10. 
SLIGO, the shire and assize town of the county of the 
same name, is pleasantly situated on the Garrogue, by 
means of which the waters of Lough Gilly, situated to- 
wards the S. E., are discharged into Sligo Bay. Over the 
river are two stone bridges, and vessels of 200 tons can 
come up to the quay. Sligo returns a member to parlia- 
ment, and carries on an extensive trade, particularly in 
corn and butter. The public buildings are the Court 
House, the Custom House, the County Gaol, the Old 
Church, dedicated to St. John, the New church at the E. 
end of the town, built of stone in the Gothic style, the 
Barracks, the Fever Hospital, the Charter School endowed 
by the Wynn family, and the Infirmary. There are also 
two R. C. Chapels, one of which, dedicated to St. Patrick, 
is a handsome building, and Meeting Houses. 

Of Sligo Castle no vestiges remain, but close to the 
town, and pleasantly situated on the bank of the river, are 



DUBLIN TO SLIGO. 261 

the ruins of the Abbey, founded by Maurice Fitzgerald in 
the 13th century, and rebuilt in a magnificent style during 
the loth. They consist of the cloisters, Avhich are richly 
ornamented ; the tower, resting on a Gothic arch, and 
dividing two chapels, and the walls of the Church. The 
E. window is particularly beautiful, and round the nave 
is a stone gallery. A few feet from the ground is the 
tomb of O'Connor, Lord of Sligo, on which he and his 
wife are represented kneeling at an altar. 

Near Sligo is Lugna Clogh, or the Giants' Grave, con- 
sisting of a number of stupendous stones placed on each 
other, like those of Stonehenge. From the English road, 
cut in 1822, there is a fine view of the town. 

Two miles from Sligo is Lough Gilly, which is about 
5 miles in length and 2 in breadth. Its banks abound with 
pleasing scenery, but its principal beauty is Hazehcood, 
the seat of Mr. Wynn, situated at the end of a peninsula, 
and adorned with charming grounds. The opposite side of 
the lake consists of rude mountains, which form a fine 
contrast. 

Pop. 15,000. Market : Saturday ; for butter and corn, 
Tuesday and Friday. Inns : The Lord Nelson ; the 
King's Arms ; the York Hotel ; Casey's. 



No. 185. From Dublin to SLIGO. Second Road. 
Through Clonmellox, Killeshandra, and Swan- 

LINEAR. 



Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Castle Knock 


. . 3| 


Ballinanaglit 


. 54^ 


Clonee 


. 7 


Crossdony 


. 56 


Black Bull Inn ; 


. 10| 


Killeshandra 


. 60| 


Grange 


. 18 


Baunboy 


. 69£ 


Trim 


. 22| 


Sw anlinbar 


• 74i 


Athboy 


. m 


Cross Roads, (near Flor 


ence- 


Clonmellon 


. 32| 


Court) . 


• 77i 


Ballynaganny 


. 40| 


Largay 


. 84J 


Oldcastle . 


• 41i 


Manor-Hamilton 


. 94i 


Daly's Bridge 


. 46i 


Sligo * 


. 105J 


Darien's Bridge 


. 51 


i 

4 





262 DUBLIN TO SLIGO. 

CASTLE KNOCK is a small and pleasant village of 
Dublin, with the ruins of a Castle, built on a commanding 
height by the English invaders, in the time of Henry II. 
At Dunsink, a little beyond this village, is an observatory, 
on an eminence Pop. 180. 

CLONEE, in Dublin. A mile from the bridge, on the 
left, is seen Dunhoyne Church. 

GRANGE, in Meath. At this village is a cavern, in 
the form of a cross, supposed to have been dedicated to 
some superstitious rites of the Druids. 

TRIM, the county town of East Meath, is pleasantly 
situated on the Boyne. It is a market and post town, and 
till the time of the Union returned members to parliament. 
In the vicinity are the remains of several castellated and 
monastic buildings, the most remarkable of which are 
Trim Castle, on the banks of the river, where John, Lord 
of Ireland resided, and the Abbey founded by St. Patrick, 
and afterwards rebuilt by De Lacy, Lord of Meath. Near 
the river, also, but half a mile from Trim, are the ruins of 
Newtown Abbey, forming a grand and picturesque object. 
Trim formerly possessed a Mint, and was the seat of par- 
liament till near the close of the 15th century. It was a 
walled town, and made defence against Cromwell. 
Amongst the public buildings are a handsome modern 
Church, a R. C. Chapel, a Court House for holding the 
assizes, a Gaol with a tread-mill, by means of which the 
criminals supply water to the prison, a Charter School, 
and Barracks. The pillar erected here, at the expense of 
the county, in 1817, in honour of the Duke of Wellington, 
is of the Corinthian order, and is well situated. 

The principal objects worthy of notice in the environs of 
Trim are Trimble stown, the seat of Lord Trimblestown, 
2 miles N. W. of Trim ; the ruins of Bective Abbey, situ- 
ated on an eminence on the Boyne, 3 miles distant ; the 
ruins of the Castle and Church of Scurlog's Town, 2\ miles 
from Trim ; and Laracor, for many years the residence of 
Dean Swift, 2 miles S. of the town. 

Pop. 1400. Inns: The O'Reilly Arms; the Black 
Boy. Fairs : March 27, May 8, June 3, Oct. 1, 
Nov. 16. 



DUBLIN TO SL1GO. 263 

ATHBOY is a market and post town of East Meath, 
pleasantly situated on a rivulet. It was formerly a bo- 
rough, and had a house or cell for Carmelites. It con- 
sists principally of one spacious street, and has a Market 
House, a Church, and a R. C. Chapel, as well as two 
Schools supported by the Darnley family, to whom the 
town belongs. In the vicinity are several fine seats, par- 
ticularly Rathmore, 1 mile distant, belonging to the Earl 
of Darnley ; Drew's Town, Rallinlough, and the exten- 
sive farm of Sir B. Chapman. 

Pop. 2,200. Market: Thursday, chiefly for corn. 
Fairs: Jan. 12, May 4, Aug. 4, Nov. 7- 

CLONMELLON is a village of Westmeath. The 
Church has a modern spire. In the vicinity is a small 
circular Lough. 

DALY'S BRIDGE in Cavan. One mile distant is 
Lough Sheallin, or Shecklin, with several islands, in one 
of which are the ruins of an Abbey. This lake is 7 miles 
long and 4 broad, and its banks are studded with cottages. 
On the S. shore are remains of Ross Castle, with the hill 
or Ben of Fore. 

BALLINANAGHT is a considerable village of Cavan. 

CROSSDONY is a village in Cavan, surrounded by 
many delightful country-seats, and three diminutive 
Loughs. 

KILLESHANDRA, or KILLYSHANDRA, is a 
market and post town of Cavan, pleasantly situated on 
the Croghan, which flows into the Erne. It has a Mar- 
ket House, a Church, a R. C. Chapel, a Meeting House, 
a Dispensary, and Infantry Barracks. The inhabitants 
are chiefly occupied in the manufacture of linen. On the 
banks of the river are the remains of a Castle, and in the 
vicinity is the neat villa of Castle Hamilton. 

Fop. 1300. Fairs: Jan. 28, Mar. 28, May 9, June 
22, Aug. 20, Sept. 28, Nov. 8. 

BAUNBOY is a village of Cavan. Near it is a range 
of mountain called Sliebh-Russel. 

SWANLINBAR, or SWADLINBAR, in Cavan, is 
an agreeable village, celebrated for its Spa, which is much 
resorted to for its alterative and diaphoretic qualities. The 



264 DUBLIN TO SLIGO. 

Church has a handsome spire. The borders of Ferma- 
nagh are marked by extensive hills, the principal of which 
is the Quilca Mountain, containing iron mines. 

Pop. 500. 

CROSS-ROADS are a little beyond Florence-Court, 
the splendid mansion of the Earl of Enniskillen. The 
facade is of the Ionic order, and extends 2G0 feet. In front 
is a beautiful lawn ; mountain scenery and Lough Mack- 
nean bound the view to the west. 

LARGAY, in Cavan. Near the Black Lion Inn are 
the walls of an ancient Church. Lough Macknean, in 
which are three fertile islands, extends nearly to this 
place. 

MANOR-HAMILTON is a village of Leitrim, plea- 
santly situated on a rivulet. It has a Castle, erected in 
the time of Elizabeth, and is surrounded by romantic hills. 
Above 2 miles distant is the picturesque ruin of Cor Castle. 
Pop, 1G00. 



Another Road to SLIGO. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Killeshandra, as before . 60| Callahill . * ?lf 

Ballyconnel . 67£ Cross Roads, as before . 77^ 

BALLYCONNEL is a village of Cavan, near the river 
Woodford. It has extensive flour-mills, and there are 
seven fairs annually. 

CALLAHILL, in Fermanagh. Beyond the Church is 
a Castle in ruins. 



No. 18G. From Dublin to SLIGO. Third Road. 
Through Mullingar, Stroioestown, and Elphix. 



Dublin Castle to Miles. 


Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Kiimegad • as at No. 97. 29| 


Ballinafad * 


S7i 


Lanesborough*, as at No. 121. 62^ 


Colooney * 


: 931 


Strokestown* . 70 


Ballasedere * 


991 


Elphin . . 75J 


Sligo* . 


. 103^ 


Boyle* . . 84 







ELPHIN is a beautiful post town of Roscommon, and 



DUBLIN TO STROKESTOWN. 265 

is a bishop's see, founded by St. Patrick. Its principal 
buildings are the Episcopal Palace, the Diocesan School 
House, the Public Hospital, and the Dispensary. It has 
also a modern Church, and a R. C. Chapel. The town 
and Abbey were destroyed by the English in 1177> and 
the remains of the collegiate Church were converted into 
a Parish Church at the reformation, when the lands be- 
longing to the monastery were granted to Terence O'Byrne. 
Ballyoughter, about a mile S. of Elphin, is said by some 
to have been the native place of Oliver Goldsmith. 

Pop. 1600. Fairs: May 3 and Dec. 10. Inn : Mad- 
den's. 



No. 187- From Dublin to STRADBALLY. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Kile alien Bridge, as at Atliy * . . 32 J 

No. 26. . . 21 Stradbally . . 38£ 

STRADBALLY is a market and post town in Queen's 
County, situated in a fertile and delightful country. Its 
public buildings are, a neat Church and Tower, a Dispen- 
sary, Cotton-Mills, and a chartered School for clothing, 
educating, and apprenticing sixty boys. 

Pop. 2000. Market-day ; Saturday. Fairs : Mav 6, 
July 10, Aug. 21, Nov. 21. 

Near the town is Stradbally Hall, an extremely beauti- 
ful seat. 



No. 188. 


From Dublin* 


to STROKESTOWN. 


Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Dublin Castle to Miles. 


Kinne^ad*, as a 


t No. 97. 29.1 


Barry . . 54J 


Mullingar* 


33i 


Kenagh . . 56£ 


Ballinacargy . 


45f 


Killashee . . Gl 


Buck House Inn 


. m 


Tarmonbarry Bridge . 61% 


Colehill . . 


51 


Strokestown * . . 71J 



BALLINACARGY is a village of Westmeath. On 
the shore of a small Lough, between this place and Mul- 
lingar, is a beautiful mansion called Sonnaqh. In the 
2A 



266 DUBLIN TO SUMMERHILL. 

same direction, but within a mile of Ballinacargy, is 
Baron's Town, a stone house, erected by the late Lord 
Sunderlin, who also built a small, but beautiful, church 
at Kilbizy, in the vicinity. 

BUCK HOUSE INN. Near this is an ancient 
Chapel ruin, and Newport, the seat of Mr. Blake, situ- 
ated between two branches of the River Inny. Beyond 
this is a Castle ruin. 

COLEHILL is a village and post station of Longford. 
In the vicinity is Tennelick, a fine mansion, built close to 
the River Inny, and near it are the walls of an ancient 
Castle. On the road, a mile beyond this village is Tashiny 
Church. 

Tashiny Fairs are held March 27, July 9. 

BARRY is a village of Longford : 2h miles beyond it, 
to the left of the road is Kilcommack Church. 

Fairs: at Barry , Feb. 1, April 26, July 26, Oct. 18. 

KENAGH is a village of Longford, just beyond which 
the River Kenagh traverses the park belonging to the 
splendid mansion of Mosstown. Two miles farther are 
the ruins of a Castle and a Church. Fairs : Oct. 10. 

KILLASHEE is a large village of Longford, with a 
neat Church. Fairs : March 8, May 24, Sept. 29, Dec. 1. 



No. 189. 

Dublin Castle to 
Lucan* 
I.eixlip* 
Maynooth* 


From Dublin to SUMMERHILL. 

Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

6J Kilcock* . .141 
8 Summerhill . . 19£ 
. ll| 



SUMMERHILL is an extremely neat modern post 
town in Meath. It is built in the form of a square, having 
a green in the centre. Dangan, a seat at this place, was 
the birth-place of the noble brothers, the Marquess 
Wellesiey, the Duke of Wellington, and Lord Marybo- 
rough. Near it is Summerhill Castle, the residence of 
Lord Longford (Pakenham), the proprietor of this 
town. 

Fop. 300. Fairs : April SO, June 9, Aug. 20, Nor. 
25. 



DUBLIN TO THURLES, 267 



No. 190. From Dublin to TAGHMON. Through 
Blessington and Enniscorthy. 



Dublin Castle to Miles. 


Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Enniscorthy *, as at No. 


Taghnion 


. 68 


204. . . 57 







TAGHMON is a market and post town of Wexford, 
on the road from Wexford to New Ross. It was a bo- 
rough town until the Union, The principal buildings are 
the Church, a modern stone structure ; the Roman Ca- 
tholic Chapel, and the Dispensary. In the centre of the 
town, are the remains of an ancient Castle. 

Pop. 1000. Fairs : Thirteen in the course of the 
year ; the market for butter is considerable. Inns : The 
Ship, Red Lion, and Plough Inn. 



No. 191. From Dublin to THURLES. Through 
Maryborough, Durrow, and Johnstown. 



Dublin Castle to Miles. 


Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Maryborough*, as at No. 3. 40 


Urlingford* 


. 61J 


Ballyroan* . . 44J 


Longford Pass 


. 63J 


Durrow , . 51| 


Thurles 


• 70J 



THURLES is a market and post town in Tipperary, 
pleasantly situated on the Suir, which crosses the main 
street at right angles. It has a handsome Sessions House, 
a large Gaol, a neat Church, a very spacious Chapel, two 
Convents, Barracks occupying the mansion formerly be- 
longing to the Matthew family, and a Lancasterian School 
superintended by monks. A house of White Friars was 
founded here by the Butlers, at the commencement of the 
fourteenth century, the ancient Tower and ruins of which 
stand East of the Suir. The adjacent country is rich, and 
the inhabitants are wealthy farmers. 

About 3 miles from Thurles, on the road to Cashel, are 
extensive remains of Holy Cross Abbey, founded by 
Donogh, King of Limerick, in the twelfth century. 

Pop. 8000. Fairs: April 19, Aug. 21, and Dec. 21. 
Inns: Quinlan's Hotel ; the Star and Garter. 

2A 2 



268 DUBLIN TO TRALEE, 



No. 192. From Dublin to TIPPERARY. First 
Road. Through Kildare, Maryborough, and 
Cashell. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles, 

Maryborough*, as at No. 3. 40 Tipperary*, as at No. 63. 86| 



Miles. 


Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


40 


Longford Pass . 


. 63£ 


44* 


Thurles* 


. 70£ 


51| 


Dundruin 


. 81J 


61} 


Tipperary* 


. 871 



No. 193. From Dublin to TIPPERARY. Second 
Road. Through Thurles and Dundrum. 

Dublin Castle to 

Maryborough*', as at No. 3. 40 
Ballyroan* 
Durrow * . 

Urlingford* 



No. 194. From Dublin to TRALEE. First Road. 
Through Limerick and Listowell. 

Dublin Castle to Mites. Dublin Caitle to Miles, 

Listowell* as at No. 3. 131 J Tralee . 144-*- 

Kilflin,iTi Kerry, is a village 7|niiles beyond Listowell. 
A mile to the right, near the River Brick, stands the de- 
cayed Castle of Liocna, once the magnificent residence of 
the Earls of Kerry. A road from Lixna returns through 
the village of Ballydove to the right, across the Cashin 
River at a ferry. 

TRALEE, the county town of Kerry, is situated at 
the extremity of a broad but shallow bay, surrounded by 
lofty hills, having Kerry Head at the mouth of the Shan- 
non to the N. W., and Brandon Head, forming the oppo- 
site extremity, --ttj the S. W. The Court House and Gaol 
form one side of the square in the centre of the town. 
The other public buildings are, the Church, which is a 
noble modern structure, the Roman Catholic Chapel in 
Castle-Street, the Dispensary in Abbey-Street, the County 
Infirmary in High-Street, the Methodist Meeting House, 



DUBLIN TO TRALEE. 269 

and the Independent Meeting House. On an eminence 
in the vicinity, are Infantry Barracks for 600 men. 
Large shoals of herrings are taken in the Bay. 

The election of the County Members is held here, and 
Tralee borough returns a Member to Parliament. The 
gentlemen of this County being remarkable for their 
opulence and public spirit, Tralee, upon many occasions, 
has a cheerful and fashionable appearance. The badness 
of the harbour, however, must always affect it as a place 
of trade or speculation. No vessels can approach nearer 
than Blenerville, which is a mile distant. The history of 
Tralee is important ; Lord John Fitz Thomas founded here 
the Dominican monastery of the Holy Cross, and being 
slain, together with Maurice his son, in 1262, they were 
both interred here. There were several Castles in Tralee, 
one of which, still existing, was the chief Castle of the 
Earl of Desmond. In 1579, Sir Henry Danvers, with 
Justices Meade and Charters, were slain in this Castle by 
the Earl's brother, for holding a session in Desmond's 
Palatinate : this brought on the civil war, and the destruc- 
tion of this powerful family and their connexions. Eliza- 
beth granted this Castle and Forfeiture to Sir Edward 
Denny. 

Pop. 9000. Fairs : May 3, Aug. 4, Oct. 9, Nov. 7, 
Dec. 13. Inns ; The Crosby Arms ; the Mail Coach and 
Military Hotel. 



No. 195. From Dublin to TEALEE. Second 
Road. Through Limerick, Abbyeeale, and 
Castle Island. 



Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


AVbyfeale*, as at No. 3. 


123i 


Arbela 


138J 


Castle Island 


133| 


Tralee * 


. , U2i 



CASTLE ISLAND, in Kerry, formerly the Castle of 
the Island of Kerry, was once populous, and was the 
assize town of this county. Here are the ruins of a large 
Castle, built in 1226 ; it was taken by Sir Ralph Ufford 
in 1345, from the retainers of the Earl of Desmond, and 

2 A 3 



270 DUBLIN TO WARRENPOINT. 

its gallant defenders were put to death. The lordship of 
Castle Island, or seignory of Mount Eagle Royal, was 
granted by Elizabeth to the Herberts, a family still pos- 
sessing large estates in Kerry. Castle Island has a Mar- 
ket House of the Tuscan order, and a Barrack, both of 
them out of repair ; a Charter School founded in 1762, a 
modern Church, an Assembly Room, and a comfortable 
Inn. 

Pop. 1800. 

ARBELA, in Kerry. Ash-hill at this place, Elm Grove 
and Bally seedy , are mansions of the Blennerhasset family. 
A mile from Arbela is the dilapidated Castle of Bally* 
earthy. 

No. 196. From Dublin to WARRENPOINT. 
Through Drogheda and Dundalk. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Newry*, as at No. 1. 50£ Warrenpoint . 55£ 

WARRENPOINT, so called from a rabbit-warren on 
this site, is a small port and sea-bathing village of the 
County of Down, which is rapidly rising into importance. 
It is a post station, and forms the point of communication 
between the vicinity of Newry and Liverpool, a steam- 
boat and other packets plying between that port, the Isle 
of Man, and Warrenpoint. The village has been built 
with a view to accommodate the numerous visiters who 
in summer frequent this romantic place. The prospects 
which it commands of Carlingford Harbour, the moun- 
tains, and the lighthouse are justly admired. Warrenpoint 
has a handsome modern Church, aRoman Catholic Chapel, 
a Meeting House, a Dispensary, and Hot and Cold Baths. 
Near it is Sea-view, a range of building erected as lodging- 
houses. Vessels of large burden can come up to the Quay. 
Rostrevor is 2 miles distant. 

Pop. 500. Fairs : Jan. 17, May 4, June 24, Sept, 
2, Nov. 29. Inns: The Crown; the King's Arms, 



DUBLIN TO WATERFORD. 



271 



No. 197. From Duelist to WATERFORD. Mail 
Coach Road. Through Carlow, Gowran, and 
Thomas town. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Leighlin Bridge*, as at No. Waterford*, as at No. 38. 74^ 

26. . . 45 



No. 198. From Dublin to WATERFORD. Second 
Road. Through Leighlin Bridge andlNiSTiOGE. 

Dublin Castle to Miles, Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Leighlin Bridge, as at No. Graigenamanagh . . 57| 

26 . . . .45 Inistioge . . .63 

Royal Oak Inn* . . 47 Waterford* . . 76£ 
Gore's Bridge . . 51J 

GORE'S BRIDGE, in Kilkenny, is seated on the 
Barrow, across which is seen the ruin of Ballyettan 
Castle. 

Seat : Mount Loftus. 
( GRAIGENAMANAGH is a village of Kilkenny, 
situated in a charming valley, with a handsome Bridge 
over the Barrow. Here are the ruins of a magnificent 
Abbey, founded by William Mareschall, Earl of Pem- 
broke, in 1212, in which was once deposited a Domesday 
Book of this kingdom, completed by King John. The 
octagon tower remained until 1774, and the walls of the 
abbey are still nearly perfect. The abbey was granted to 
James Butler in 1556. 

INISTIOGE, or ENNISTIOGE, is a town of Kil- 
kenny, consisting principally of one square, in the centre 
of which are the remains of a Cross. It has vestiges of 
a Monastery founded in 1210. Over the River Nore is a 
handsome stone bridge of ten arches, built from designs 
by Mr. G. Smith. Pop. 1000. 

Seat : Woodstock, with a fine wood covering 500 
acres, and overhanging the river, with many superb pros- 
pects. At this seat, Mrs. Tighe, the author of Pysche, 
expired, and here a monument by Flaxman has been 
erected to her memory. About 3 miles S. E. of Wood- 
stock is Pulacuildy a romantic glen, adorned with a beau- 
tiful waterfall. 



272 DUBLIN TO WATERFORD. 

The excursion by water from Inistioge to Waterford, 
particularly between the former place and New Ross, 
exhibits some beautiful scenery, and numerous charming 
seats. 

There is another road from Gore's Bridge through 
Thomastown to Inistioge, by which the distance to Water- 
ford is 7^i miles, as in the present route. 



No. 199. From Dublin to 


WATERFORD. 


Third 


Road. Through 


Car low. 


Burrls, and New 


Ross. 


Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Carlo w *, as at No. 26. 


. 39 


Burris * 


. 54i 


Clonmulsh Church 


. 43 


New Ross * 


. 67 


Dunleckney 


. 46§ 


Glanniore 


. 77i 


Bagnell's Bridge 


. 47i 


Waterford* 


• 83J 



CLONMULSH Church and Village are in the county 
of Carlow. 

DUNLECKNEY is a village of Carlow. Near it is a 
fine seat of the Bagnell family. 

BAGNELL's BRIDGE, on the River Barrow, is a 
pleasant village of Carlow. 

GLANMORE, in Kilkenny, is a neat village, with an 
ancient Castle. Here is a steep and beautiful glen. 
Going from New Ross to Waterford this is the road 
usually taken. Returning from Waterford, by a shorter 
road, the river is crossed at Ballinlaw Ferry, from which 
there is a beautiful road to New Ross. 



No. 200. From Dublin to WATERFORD. Fourth 
Road. Through Wicklow, Enniscorthy, and 
Tag hmo n. 

Dublin Castle to 

Gorey *, as at No. 203. 
Clough Church 
Ferns * 

Scarewalsh Bridge 
Enniscorthy * 

PASSAGE is situated on the river Barrow, East of 
Waterford. The Church is seen on the top of a moun- 



Miles. 


Dtiblin Castle to 


Miles. 


45J 


Taghmon * 


. 71 


48 


Fooksmill , 


. 74£ 


54 


Passage 


. 84 


57 


Waterford * 


. 89 


60 







DUBLIN TO WESTPORT. 273 

tain, which casts its broad shadow over this small town. 
At its pier, constructed on the foundation of a fort or 
block-house, passengers embark for Milford Haven. 
Pop. 350. 



No. 201. From Dublin to WATERFORD. Fifth 
Road. Through Baltinglass, Enniscobthy, and 
New Ross. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles, 

Enniscorthy* as at No. 204. 57 New Ross * ... 72 

Cloiiroch .... 63 Waterford* . . . 88i 



No. 202. From Dublin to WESTPORT. Through 
Ballynamore, Ballinbobe, and Pabtbee. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Mils. 

Atlilone *, as at No. 97. . 59£ Ballinrobe * . . .112 

Tuam*, as at No. 123. . 93 Partree . . . .117 

Kilmain* . . . 104J Westport . . . 127£ 

PARTREE is a village of Mayo, in a charming posi- 
tion, on the stream which connects Carra Lough with 
Lough Mask. The traveller passes this water by the 
Bridge at Partree. In this vicinity he may visit the 
Round Tower, Abbey, and Hamlet of Aghagower, on 
the Westport road, as well as the beautiful Lakes, old 
Castles, and the Abbeys of Burriscarra and Ballintabher. 
The Landscape-painter may here meet with some roman- 
tic prospects. 

WESTPORT is a market and post town of Mayo, 
deriving its name from its remote situation on the West- 
ern shore of the kingdom. The harbour is a mile from 
the town, at the South corner of the head of Clew Bay, 
and is opposite to Newport, which is six miles distant. 
Westport is a well-built town, on the borders of a pretty 
river flowing through a fine vale into the bay. It pos- 
sesses a neat Market House, a Linen Hall, a Court 
House, Barracks, Public Schools, and on the Mall a 
richly -constructed modern Chapel, of Gothic architecture, 
for the Roman Catholics. 

This district is covered by stupendous hills, divided by 
charming dales and romantic ravines, and bordered by a 



274 DUBLIN TO WEXFORD. 

grand and beautiful sea-shore ; the indented havens being 
spangled with a multitude of green or rocky isles, which 
afford shelter to those engaged in the fisheries. The 
establishment of these flourishing ports cannot fail to be 
highly beneficial to the inhabitants of the mountainous 
portions of this province ; the commerce of Westport is 
already of some importance, and there is a rising spirit of 
enterprise in the townsmen. 

Westport House, the elegant mansion of the Marquess 
of Sligo, the noble proprietor of this town, is nearly half 
a mile distant, and possesses a rich library ; in its charm- 
ing demesne is a small Parochial Church. 

In the direction of Louisbourg, a village of the neigh- 
bouring coast, we pass the great Hill of Croagh Patrick, 
otherwise the Rake, a noble mountain, said to be 2666 
feet above the level of the ocean. Here the popular tra- 
dition supposes that St. Patrick collected all reptiles, 
vipers, and venomous serpents, and cast them into the 
sea — a fable which has its origin in the fact, that poisonous 
reptiles do not exist in Ireland. This is a conical hill, 
and serves as a landmark for vessels in the Western Seas. 

In Killery Mountain, a slate quarry has been rendered 
productive by the exertions and encouragement of the 
Marquess of Sligo. The herring-fishery deserves great 
attention here ; large shoals of fish frequent the Bay of 
Killery, which is on all sides bounded by the high range 
of the Morisk mountain. 

Pop. 6000. Fairs: Jan. 1, May 24, Aug. 6, and 
Nov. 1. Inn : Large's Hotel. 



No. 203. From Dublin to WEXFORD. First 
Road. Through Wicklow, Newborough, and 
the Broad Ferry. 



Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Dublin Castle to 


mies. 


Donnybrook 


. 2 


Gorey or Newborough 


. 45§ 


Stillorgan 


. 4§ 


Ballycanoe 


. 49£ 


Bray 


. 10 


Wells 


. 54£ 


Kilcool 


. 16 


Kyle 


. 56 


Wicklow . 


. 24 


Wexford . i , 


. 66£ 


Arklow 


. 36 







DUBLIN TO WEXFORD. 275 

DONNYBROO>K, in the county of Dublin, is situated 
on the Dodder, and is celebrated for its great Fair, which 
commences August 26th, and lasts for three days. Here 
the native humour of the Dublin citizens is annually dis- 
played, when, after accustomed libations, the word is fol- 
lowed by the blow, a well-tempered method of making 
good the most brilliant points of Irish wit and argument. 
The sale of horses of every description adds considerably 
to the spirit of Donnybrook Fair. In this village are 
Cotton-printing Mills, and an Hospital for incurables. 
The ancient Church deserves notice. Pop. 9000. 

Seats : Merville, Sans Souci, and 4 miles from Dublin, 
Mount M err ion. 

STILLORGAN, in Dublin. The Church, and the 
fine prospect of Howth Hill from the Obelisk, a hundred 
feet high, are deserving of notice. There are also many 
gentlemen's seats. 

Kilmacudcl, in the immediate vicinity, is noted as the 
birth-place of St. Cuthbert. 

BRAY is a post town and sea-bathing place of Wick- 
low, separated from the county of Dublin by the river 
Bray, which is famous for its trout. Here the angler 
may pass his leisure hours amidst wooded glens and awful 
precipices. The vicinity, which is celebrated for its 
romantic scenery, abounds with gentlemen's seats, and 
near the Bridge, on the Dublin side, is RavensicelL for- 
merly the seat of the Rowley family. Bray has a neat 
Church on an eminence by the river side, a R. C. Chapel, 
a Meeting House, Infantry Barracks, a Savings' Bank, 
and the remains of an old Castle, near which a battle 
took place in 1690, between the forces of James II. and 
William III. 

About a mile and a half distant is the rocky promon- 
tory called Bray Head, which rises 807 feet above the 
level of the sea. Its summit may be reached without 
much difficulty. The white pebbles found on the shore 
beneath it are cut and polished, and are much prized. 
Along the coast are several martello towers. 

Pop. 2000. Fairs : May 1, Sept. 20, for cattle and 
flannels. Inn ; Quin's Hotel, which is the most famous 
in Ireland. 



27S DUBLIN TO WEXFORD. 

Two miles beyond Bray is Kilruddery Park, the Seat 
of the Earls of Meath. This noble mansion was com- 
menced in 1820, on the site of the original buildings, and 
is surrounded by charming grounds. Two miles farther 
is the village of Kilnacarricle. 

KILCOOL is a village of Wieklow, surrounded by 
many elegant seats. It has the ruins of a Church, and a 
respectable Inn. Between this place and the sea is the 
saltmarsh of Cool-dross, to which the horses of the Metro- 
polis, when ill, are sent to pasture. A mile beyond Kil- 
cool is the village of Newcastle. 

The Black Bull is an inn beyond Newcastle, where the 
road is joined by another road, which the traveller left to 
the right on quitting Bray. This road on the right is 
more than a mile longer than the left, or coast road, but 
is extremely romantic, and requires notice, as it has been 
recently selected as the mail route. 

About 3J miles from Bray is the Glen of the Doivns, 
formed by two hills rising abruptly from twelve to thirteen 
hundred feet, and entirely covered with wood. Between 
these there is just sufficient passage for the road, and for 
a small torrent, which runs parallel to it. Here the tra- 
veller should notice Mrs. Latouche's Cottage at the N. 
end of the Glen, and above it the Banqueting-room, 
and the Octagon Temple. Belleview, the seat of the 
Latouche family, is a plain but extensive building, com- 
manding fine prospects, and surrounded by charming 
grounds. The Conservatory is entitled to particular 
notice. A quarter of a mile E. of Belleview Gate, is the 
pretty village of Delgany, with a Gothic Church, built by 
P. Latouche, Esq. in 1789; it contains a splendid monu- 
ment in honour of D. Latouche, Esq., executed by N. 
Hickey, an Irish sculptor. 

The traveller then returns to the high road near the en- 
trance of the Glen, and 3 miles from Delgany arrives at the 
small but neat village of Newtown Mount Kennedy, which 
is I7J miles from Dublin. Here there is a very comfort- 
able inn, which the tourist might make his head-quarters, 
as the scenery of the vicinity presents numerous objects 
worthy of a visit ; such as the DeviVs Glen, where the 
Vartrey torrent forms a cascade 100 feet high, Dimran 



DUBLIN TO WEXFORD, 277 

Glen, Glenmore Castle, Killlymon Glen, Hermitage, and 
Alladore. The mansion of Newtown Mount Kennedy, 
designed by Wyatt, and the grounds by which it is sur- 
rounded, are particularly entitled to attention: Lord 
Rossmore is said to have expended more than G0,000/. in 
their improvement. Pop. GOO. 

Beyond Newtown Mount Kennedy, and within 2 miles 
of Wicklow, is Newry Bridge Inn ; near which is Ro- 
sanna, noted as having been the residence of Mrs. Tighe, 
the authoress of Psyche. 

WICKLOW, the capital of the county of Wicklow, is 
a post town, pleasantly situated near the sea shore, at the 
mouth of the Leitrim ; over which is a stone bridge of 8 
arches. The river is shallow, but there are about 40 
fishing vessels belonging to this port, and a considerable 
trade is carried on in exporting copper, corn, hides, cattle, 
&c, and importing limestone, rock salt, coals, and slates. 
On a huge rock at the mouth of the river, are the remains 
of a singular fortification, called the Black Castle, con- 
sisting of a wall with battlements and buttresses, erected 
by William Fitzwilliam in the 14th century. There are 
also, in a private garden, vestiges of a Franciscan Monas- 
tery, founded in the reign of Henry III. Wicklow has 
a stone Church with a lofty tower, on an eminence, a 
Court House, a Gaol, a Market House, Barracks, in the 
front part of which, it is said, James II. lodged, after the 
Battle of the Boyne, a Roman- Catholic Chapel, two 
Roman-Catholic Schools, and Meeting Houses for the 
Independents, Methodists, and Quakers. On the bank, 
called the Murrough, extending for about G miles along 
the sea shore, is a course, where races are held an- 
nually. This town is noted for its ale. On Wicklow 
Head, about a mile distant, are three lighthouses, and at 
the base of this lofty promontory are some curious lime- 
stone caves. 

Pop. 2200. Market day : Saturday. ^Fairs : Mar. 28, 
May 27, Aug. 12, Nov. 25. Inns : Rogers's ; Halpin's. 

ARKLOW is a seaport, market, and post town, situ- 
ated on the Avocco, or Ovoca, over which is a bridge of 
19 arches. The harbour is unsafe, being surrounded by 
sand-banks, but it admits of small vessels ; and upwards 
2 B 



278 DUBLIN TO WEXFORD. 

of 300 boats are engaged on this coast, in taking herrings 
and oysters. At the upper end of the town are Barracks, 
and near them stand the ruins of the Castle, once the seat 
of the Earls of Ormond, and formerly a place of consider- 
able strength and importance. There are also vestiges of a 
Dominican Friary, founded in the 13th century. Ark- 
low possesses a modern stone Church, built from designs 
by F. Johnston, Esq., a Roman- Catholic Chapel, a Char- 
ter School, a Lancasterian School, erected in 1823 by the 
Earl of Carysfort, a Roman-Catholic School, a Fever 
Hospital, a Dispensary, and a Methodist Meeting House. 
Here on June 9, 1798, the rebel army, consisting of 
20,000 men, was defeated by General Needham, whose 
forces did not muster more than 2000 strong. » On a lofty 
hill, near Arklow, is the Mausoleum of the Howard 
family. A mile West of the town, on the bank of the 
Ovoca, is Shelton Abbey, the seat of Lord Wicklow, 
where James II. lodged one night, after the battle of the 
Boyne ; and opposite to it is Glennart Castle, the charm- 
ing residence of the Earl of Carysfort. In the vicinity is 
Ballyarthur, a handsome seat ; the prospect from which 
is very fine. 

In the parish of Arklow is Croghan Mountain, in 
which gold was discovered some years ago in large quan- 
tities. In 1798, the peasants obtained 2666 ounces of 
gold in less than two months, and the mines were then 
taken possession of in the king's name. They have been 
since neglected. 

Pop. 4500. Fairs : May 14, Aug. 9, Sept. 25, Nov. 15. 
Inn : Sterne's. 

Kilmuckridge and Coolgreny are villages on the Mail 
Road to Gorey. The coast road passes by Tara Hill and 
Donouglimore. 

GOREY or NEWBOROUGH is a borough, market, 
and post town of Wexford, with extensive fisheries. It 
has a handsome stone Church, erected from designs by 
Mr. Keane, a Roman-Catholic Chapel, a Market House, 
a Sessions House, a Fever Hospital, and several Charitable 
Institutions. 

About a quarter of a mile from Gorey is Mr. Ram's 
fine seat, called Ramsfort^ which was burnt during the 



DUBLIN TO WEXFORD. 279 

Rebellion. In the deer-park is seen Creagh Hill, from 
the summit of which there is a noble prospect. At 
Camolin is Camolin Park, belonging to the Earl of 
Mountnorris. Courtoivn, the splendid seat of Lord Cour- 
town, is on the sea-coast. Near the sea, also, is Clonatin, 
another seat of the Ram family. At Clogh village and 
Church, 2 miles beyond the town, is a chalybeate water, 
called The Iron Well. 

Pop. 2500. Fairs: Jan. 1, May 8, June 1, July 10, 
Aug. 31, and Oct. 27- 

KYLE is a small village of Wexford, with the remains 
of a Monastery, founded in GOO. A mile beyond it is the 
Inn at Olart. Near this place Major Lombard and one 
hundred militiamen were surrounded and slain in 1798. 
Four miles from Kyle we reach Castle Ellis Church, and 
beyond it Castle Talbot, a handsome seat. Still farther 
is the ruin of Garryioiigh Castle. 

W'EXFORD is a handsome borough, market, and post 
town, giving name to the county of which it is the 
capital. It is situated on the Slaney at its entrance into 
Wexford Bay. The harbour is protected by two points 
of land which approach each other, and nearly enclose a 
land-locked space resembling a lake. Over the river 
is a wooden bridge 2100 feet in length, and 42 in breadth, 
allowing the passage of vessels in the centre. The town 
consists principally of one long street, from which a few 
lanes diverge ; and there are several handsome buildings : 
the chief are the Court House and Market House, both 
modern ; the Barracks, partly built of stone from the 
walls of the old Castle ; the County Gaol ; the Church, 
which is handsome and modern ; the Roman- Catholic 
Chapel, and the County Infirmary. Wexford also pos- 
sesses a Roman-Catholic College, a Nunnery, a Lancas- 
terian School, a House of Industry, a Subscription News 
Room, a Lunatic Asylum, a Fever Hospital, and a Me- 
thodist Chapel. Near the West Gate is a mineral Spa. 
Amongst the monastic vestiges entitled to notice, are the 
Church and Abbey of Selksar, or Priory of St. Peter and 
St. Paul, said to have been founded by the Danes, and 
the ruins of the Church of St. Mary, remarkable for its 
graceful arches, supported by round columns : the choir is 

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280 DUBLIN TO WEXFORD. 

entered by a Saxon arch, and there are several tombs. 
Here also are remains of a House of the Knights' Tem- 
plars, founded by William Marischail. 

Wexford has a Mayor and a Recorder, and returns a 
Member to Parliament. It was one of the earliest Eng- 
lish colonies, and its ancient Castle was built by Fitz- 
Stephens, in the time of Henry II., who embarked from 
this place after receiving homage from most of the princes 
of Ireland. Wexford was the second object of Crom well's 
assaults, who stormed it, and slaughtered Sir Edward 
Butler, and the entire garrison. In 1798 it was eva- 
cuated, and the rebels held possession of it : on retreating, 
they killed 97 of the inhabitants on the bridge, and cast 
the bodies into the Slaney. 

The trade of the town is considerable, although none 
but small vessels can approach the quay and custom- 
house, on account of the sands and shallows. Manufac- 
tures, however, are in a nourishing condition. The 
oysters of Wexford are famous, and the coast abounds 
with wild fowl. 

In the Barony of Forth, near Wexford, live the de- 
scendants of an ancient colony, who were led over by the 
Welsh Barons, in the time of Henry II., to the assistance 
of King Dermod. They possess great simplicity of man- 
ners, have mixed but little with the natives, retain their 
native language, and are remarkably clean. 

Carrick Castle, 2 miles N.W. of Wexford, was the first 
military edifice erected by the Anglo-Normans in Ireland. 
Its remains are seated on a rock on the banks of the 
Slaney. Near Wexford also is Saunders Court, the seat 
of the Earl of Arran. 

Pop, 11,400. Fairs : Mar. 17, May 1, June 29, Aug. 
24, Nov. 1. Inns: White's, Sutherland's, Furlong's. 



No. 204. From Dublin to WEXFORD. Second 
Road. Through Baltixglass, Clonegall and 
Enniscorthy. 



Dublin Castle to 




Miles. 


Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Tallagh 


. 


5 


Clonegall . 


. 45 


Blessington 


- 


. 14 


Enniscorthy * 


. 57 


Balt5nglass 


. 


,. 29 


Wexford * . 


70£ 


Tullow 


. 


'. 38 







DUBLIN TO WEXFORD. 281 

TALLAGH, in Dublin, is an ancient village, seated 
on a rivulet which supplies many mills. The Church has 
a remarkable steeple, and in the church-yard are several 
crosses. The Archbishop of Dublin's Palace, here, is a 
fine old building, and has an excellent garden. Timon 
Castle, in this parish, is an ancient square tower seated on 
an eminence. Beyond this place is Tallagh Mountain, 
which is barren, but affords a noble prospect from its 
summit. Enter Wicklow countv, 5 miles beyond Tallagh. 
Pop. 650. 

BLESSINGTON, or BLISINGTON, is a pleasant 
market and post town of the county of Wicklow. The 
Church has a high, square steeple with a good ring of 
bells, and contains a monument in memory of Archbishop 
Boyle, who was a great benefactor to this town. At the 
end of an avenue are the remains of the once magnificent 
seat of the proprietor of the town, the Marquess of Down- 
shire, which was burnt in ±798 by the insurgents. 

Pop. 700. Fairs: May 12, July 5, Nov. 12. Inns: 
The Blessiugton Inn, the Downshire Hotel. 

Russborough, 3 miles beyond Blessington, is the ^arl of 
Milltown's, a fine mansion built by Cassels ; it contains a 
good gallery, including pictures of Poussin, Vernet, Guer- 
cino, Reynolds, and Barrett, an eminent native artist. 

Ballymore Eustace, in a part of the County of Dublin, 
has a handsome bridge across the Liffey ; this village is 
not so flourishing as when it formed the thoroughfare to 
the South. It is 3i miles beyond Blessington : an an- 
cient Church Steeple crowns the hill above the village. 

One mile from Ballymore Eustace, and about 3 miles 
beyond Russborough, is the grand waterfall of Pol a 
Phuca, formed by the River Liffey, taking its course 
through a gap of 40 feet in a rugged rock ; the grounds 
near it are tastefully laid out. The three cascades, in 
regular continuation, fall for a space of 100 feet. The arch 
of the intended bridge is to be 60 feet in span. Near it 
is Broomfield, the seat of the Earl of Mountcashell. 

To the left of the road, between Blessington and Bal- 
tinglass, is Sliabh Guth, or Church Mountain ; on the 
top of which is a well, still frequented by pilgrims. It is 
surrounded by rude stone work. 

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282 DUBLIN TO WEXFORD. 

To the right of this road, and 26J miles from Dublin, 
is STRATFORD-UPON-SLANEY, in Wicklow. This 
town was built by the Earl of Aldborough, and is well 
laid out. It has manufactories of cotton and calico, a 
Market House, and a Church. Over tbe river is a bridge 
of four arches. The great hill above this town commands 
a view of ten counties. Two miles distant is Saunder's 
Grove — Pop. 1000. 

BALTINGLASS is a market and post town of Wick- 
low, seated on the Slaney, in a beautiful vale called Vallis 
Salutis. It is very ancient, and was formerly a borough. 
Its name is derived from the Irish, and signifies Belus, or 
Baal's fires, in allusion to the worship of the Sun observed 
here by the Druids, of whose altars there are several in 
the vicinity. Its principal buildings are the Church, 
the Court House, and Gaol, the Infirmary, and the 
Roman-Catholic Chapel. In the Vallis Salutis are the 
remains of the Abbey of St. Mary, founded in 1151, and 
an ancient Castle belonging to Lord Aldborough. Bal- 
tinglass has extensive manufactories of woollens, linens, 
and diapers. 

Pop. 1600. Fairs : Feb. 2, March 17, May 12, July 1, 
Sept. 12, and Dec. 8. 

TULLOW is a post town of Carlow, pleasantly situated 
on the Slaney. Over tbe river is a stone bridge, and 
immediately adjoining is an Augustine Abbey in ruins. 
The Castle, captured by Cromwell's army, has been con- 
verted into a barrack. Here, also, are a Market House, 
a neat Church, a Roman-Catholic Chapel, and a Nunnery. 
This was once a walled town. It has a brewery and some 
flour mills, and is a good market for corn and butter. 

Pop. 2500. Fairs : Jan. 20, Ap. 21, July 10, Oct. 29, 
and Nov. 21. Inns: Bridge Inn; Cullen's. 

Seats : Mount Wollesley, the mansion of tbe Wol- 
lesley family. Adrisian. Mathrush, 3 miles distant, and 
1 mile from it Balynunnery. 

CLONEGALL is a small but neat market town of 
Wexford. The view from the church-yard is beautiful. 
Between it and Enniscorthy are the ruins of Castle 
R?jland, and Clohaman Castle Pop. 500. 

NEWTOWN BARRY, or BUNCLODY, in Wex* 



DUBLIN TO WEXFORD. 283 

ford, is near to Clonegall. It is a small fair and post 
town, situated near the junction of the rivers Slaney and 
Clody. The Church was erected by Lord Farnham, and 
the church-yard is one of peculiar beauty. 

One road leads from Clonegall to Scarewalsh Bridge, 
then crosses the Slaney to Enniscorthy; but a second 
road to Enniscorthy crosses the two streams near Clone- 
gall, to Newtown Barry. There is also a road from 
Tullow through Kilbride, by the West bank of the 
Slaney to Newtown Barry ; within half a mile of which 
town is seen the fine mansion of Carrickduff. Here, on 
the borders of Carlow, are beheld the Blackstairs and 
Mount Leinster. 



Dublin Castle to 


Miles i 


Aghrim 


. 32 


Tinehaly . 


. 38 


Clonegall * 


. . . 47| 


Enniscorthy * 


. . 59^ 


Wexford * 


70a 



No. 205. From Dublin to WEXFORD. Third 
Road. Through Enniskerry, Aghrim, and En- 
niscorthy. 

Dublin Castle to Miles, 

Dundrum . . 
Snugborough 
The Scalp 

Enniskerry . . .10 
Rathdrum. . . . 25J 

Milltown is a village, with a handsome new Church, 
2\ miles from Dublin Castle. Near it is Roebuck Castle, 
which was for a long time a seat of the Barons of Trimles- 
town. 

DUNDRUM, in Dublin, is a populous village, noted 
for its goats' whey and its enchanting scenery. Its old 
Castle, situated on a steep hill, overlooks a beautiful 
glen. Near this truly picturesque route, about \\ mile 
beyond Dundrum, we see Kilgobbin Castle, belonging to 
Lord Powerscourt, and another ruin. Pop, 650. 

Kilternan, in Dublin, is 7 miles from the city. After 
leaving this village the road passes through the Scalp, 
which is so conspicuous from the Bay of Dublin. This 
is a remarkable chasm in a mountain, which appears to 
have been rent asunder by an earthquake. Some have 
supposed it was cut out by human effort, forgetting that 
Celtic and Northern tribes never performed such works, 



284 DUBLIN TO WEXFORD. 

The barren sides of the sloping hills, for there is a shelv- 
ing face rather than a precipice on either hand, present 
loose masses of stone, the largest fragments being the 
lowest. The width of this defile at the foot is just suffi- 
cient for the passage of the road to the county of Wick- 
low, the charming scenery of which is enthusiastically 
admired by every real lover of nature. To the E. of the 
Scalp is a Lead Mine. 

ENNISKERRY is a village of Wicklow, delightfully 
situated on the side of a steep hill, at the base of which 
runs a mountain torrent. It has a School House, erected 
"by Lord Powerscourt, to whom the village is indebted for 
many improvements. The air is remarkably good, and is 
recommended to those whose health is delicate. There is 
a good Inn. Pop. 200. 

Nearly a mile from this village is Powerscourt, the 
celebrated seat of Viscount Powerscourt. This mansion 
occupies a commanding situation on the right of the road 
from Dublin, and is surrounded by a demesne of great 
extent and beauty. It was built from designs by Cassels, 
and is almost square ; in front is a beautiful lawn sloping 
towards the river Glenislorean. The principal objects of 
attention are the hall, 80 feet by 40, the grand ball-room, 
in which his Majesty George IV. dined in 1821, the par- 
lour at the end of the hall, containing two fine pictures, 
and the octagonal room, lined with cedar. 

Adjacent, but across the stream, are Cka?'leville, Lord 
Monck's, and Tinnehinch, Mr. Grattan's ; two beautiful 
villas, on the banks of the Dargle river. The grand 
Powerscourt Waterfall, 2\ miles from the mansion, the 
Douce Mountain, and the romantic winding Glen of the 
Dargle, have been the admiration of all visiters. The 
pointed Sugar Loaf mountains form the distant prospect, 
and are well worth a visit. The Dargle is about 12 miles 
from Dublin ; it is a delightful rural excursion. Mr. R. 
Twiss, in his tour, observes, " that it may justly vie with 
any part of Italy." — A mile on this side of Rathdrum, 
the road passes a Castle in ruins. 

RATHDRUM is a post town of Wicklow, situated on 
the Avon. On the summit of Rathdrum Hill is the 
Elannel Hall, a square building, 200 feet in length, erected 



DUBLIN TO WEXFORD. 285 

by Earl Fitzwilliam. Fairs are held here on the first 
Monday of each month, and about 4800 pieces of flannel 
are exposed for sale in the course of the year. 

Pop. 1000. Inn : Bates's. 

About a mile from Rath drum, on the banks of the 
Avon, is the beautiful demesne of Avondale Park, for- 
merly the property of Mr. Hayes, and afterwards of Sir 
J. Parnell, to whose descendants it now belongs. 

Two miles and a half from Rathdrum, the Great and 
Lesser Avon form the Meeting of the Waters, the subject 
of Mr. Moore's beautiful ballad, commencing 

There is not in this wide world a valley so sweet 
As that vale in whose bosom the bright waters meet. 

Near the Meeting of the Waters is Castle Howard. 
the seat of Colonel Howard, through the grounds of 
which tbe stranger may obtain permission to drive. The 
road to the mansion is cut round a rock, and commands 
extensive and varied views. 

In this vicinity is the wild and romantic barony of 
Shilelagh. After washing the base of the hill whose 
summit is crowned by Castle Howard, the Ovoca flows 
between the mountains of Cronebane and Ballymuriagh, 
both of which contain copper-mines. 

AGHRIM is a town of Wicklow on the river Deny. 
Seats : Clone, 1 mile distant ; Ballymanus, 1 mile 
distant ; Balybeg, 4 miles distant. 

TINEHALY is a town of Wicklow, seated on a small 
stream, over which is a bridge of 2 arches. It has a 
Market House and Sessions Room, erected by Earl Fitz- 
william, whose seat, named Malton, is 3 miles distant. 

Hence to Clonegall, by the direct route, is 9J miles ; 
there is, however, a circuitous road turning to the left 
beyond Tinehaly, which conducts through Carnew to 
Clonegall on the right hand, or to Gorey on the left. 



286 DUBLIN TO WEXFORD. 



No. 206. From Dublin to WEXFORD. Fourth 
Road. Through Arklow, Newborough, and En- 
niscorthy. 



Dublin Castle to 




Miles. 


Dublin Castle to 


Miles. 


Blackroek . 




. 4 


Newborough, or Gorey * 


. 45*- 


Bray * 


. 


. 10 


Ferns 


. 54 


Wicklow # . 


. 


. 24 


EflTiiscorthy 


. 60 


Arklow * 


. 


. 36 


Wexford * * 


• 73i 



About 2J miles from Dublin is Old Merrion ; at which 
is M err ion-Castle. A number of splendid seats and well- 
planted parks are seen from the road for several miles. 

Booterstown, 3J miles from Dublin. In Booterstoivn 
Lane, on the right, is a very handsome Roman-Catholic 
Chapel. 

Williamstozvn is another of the villages on this route, 
which skirt the Bay of Dublin. 

BLACKROCK, in Dublin, is the most celebrated sea- 
bathing place in the vicinity of the capital. The streets 
are rather confined, but the extraordinary beauty of the 
country residences, and of the sea-shore, secures to the 
Rock a long train of equestrian visiters, and a multiplied 
importation by jaunting cars. The Inns afford good 
accommodation. There are several roads to Bray ; by 
Killeny, it is 11 miles from town Pop. 1400. 

Kill is a village with a ruined Church, a mile beyond 
Bray. The coach road is through the village of Cabinteely, 
where there is a seat of the Byrne family. 

Killeny Hill is 8 miles from Dublin. On its summit 
is a conspicuous obelisk, whence the traveller may enjoy 
a rich reward for his toil in ascending the mountain, in 
the diversified prospects of sea and land which this situ- 
ation commands. Hence may be seen the Bays of Dublin 
and Killiney, the Islands of Dalkey, Ireland's Eye, 
Lambay, and the peninsula of Howth. As the Rev. Gr. 
Weight justly observes, in his " Guide to the County of 
Wicklow,"— 4 ' Description cannot convey an adequate 
idea of the beautiful disposition which nature has 
made of these numerous objects of her creation." It 
is supposed that many rich veins of lead exist here. To 
the right is Mount-Druid, a gentleman's mansion, so 



DUBLIN TO WEXFORD. 287 

named from a much -admired antiquity, called the Druids' 
temple ; here is a banqueting-room. Killeny Church is 
in ruins. 

The road joins the direct road from Stillorgan, and 
passes by Loughlinstown to Shangenagh, a mile beyond 
Killeny. Shangenagh Church is in ruins. But there is 
a handsome modern mansion here containing some good 
paintings. The road then passes through Old Connaught 
village, and Little Cork. 

FERNS, in Wexford, is situated near the small river 
Ban. This celebrated See was united with Leighlin in 
1600. Part of the Cathedral is modernized, and is in 
good repair. It contains the remains of St. JEdan, the 
founder of the building. Some dilapidated monastic edi- 
fices are still to be seen, particularly the Augustine 
Abbey, founded by Diarmit M fc Murchad, as an atonement 
for his having burnt the town : he was buried in it a.d. 
117L King Dermot built the Castle which is seen on an 
eminence in this town, and hither he retreated until the 
arrival of the English forces. There exist also the walls 
of an ancient Church. The Bishop's Palace is a hand- 
some building, and close to the Cathedral is a holy well, 
dedicated to St, Maidhog, the first bishop, who was conse- 
crated a.d. 598. 

ENNISCORTHY is a market, post town, and cor- 
porate borough of the county of Wexford, situated on the 
River Slaney ; over which it has a bridge of six arches. 
Sloops traffic between this town and Wexford haven, as 
the Slaney is navigable, and a large trade is carried on in 
corn. The town is principally on the right bank of the 
river, and Drumgold, with Temple Shannon, the suburbs, 
are beneath Vinegar Hill on the left. Enniscorthy Castle, 
built by the first English invaders, has been recently 
repaired. The Abbey was granted to Spenser the poet in 
1581 : the Friary was founded in 1460, and was granted 
to Sir H. W r allop. The Church and town were much 
injured by the Insurgents in 1798 : they occupied Ennis- 
corthy, and had a camp on Vinegar Hill, where General 
Lake routed them, June 21, 1798. The chief public 
buildings are the old Church, the Roman-Catholic Chapel, 
Meeting Houses, a Roman-Catholic School, a Protestant 



288 DUBLIN TO YOUGHALL. 

Free School, the Dispensary, Hospital, and a handsome 
Sessions House. 

Pop. 4850. Fairs: July 5, Aug. 26, Sept. 19, and 
Oct. 10. Inns : O'Toole's, Moriarty's, Rudd's. 



No. 207. From Dublin to YOUGHALL. First 
Road. By Carlow and Aglish. 

Dublin CastleHo Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Clonmell *, as at No. 26. 8 If Youghali . . .109 

Aglish . . 101 

AGLISH is a delightful village of Waterford, with a 
fortress of very curious construction. It is a quadran- 
gular area, with four towers at the angles, connected by a 
curtain, in which are numerous loop-holes. The great 
gate was formerly fitted with a portcullis ; the large 
enclosure does not appear to have been built on^ and the 
only apartments were in the angular towers. It is sup- 
posed to have been erected by John, Lord of Ireland, in 
the reign of his brother Richard I. Aglish Abbey is a 
magnificent ruin, one mile distant. Pop. 300. 

YOUGHALL is a sea-port, borough, and corporate 
town of Cork, seated at the base of a hill in Youghali 
Bay, at the mouth of the Blackwater. The entire course 
of this river is beautiful. The bar off the harbour im- 
pedes the navigation, but the harbour itself is commo- 
dious, and affords deep anchorage. The interests of com- 
merce are also promoted by quays, piers, and a Custom 
House. Youghali is governed by a Mayor, and returns 
a Member to Parliament. It consists chiefly of one street 
about a mile in length, divided into two parts, called 
North and South Main Streets, by the Clock House, in 
which is the Gaol. The Church is a venerable Gothic 
structure, partly going to decay : its nave is 132 feet 
long, and 66 broad, and on each side of it are six Gothic 
windows. The South transept is occupied as the vault of 
the Earl of Cork, and is adorned with a splendid monu- 
ment, exhibiting in its inscriptions a complete history of 
the Earl's family. Youghali also possesses a Chapel of 
Ease, erected on the site of a Franciscan Abbey, a Roman- 



DUBLIN TO YOUGHALL. 289 

Catholic Chapel, several Meeting Houses, a Free School, 
and an Infirmary. The principal trade of the town is in 
corn and provisions, and it has manufactories of earthen - 
Avare. The potatoe is said to have been first planted here, 
on its introduction by Sir W. Raleigh, who resided in a 
house still standing near the Church. 

The Earl of Desmond captured Youghall in 1579, and 
hanged the Mayor ; but the fortunes of his house soon 
after fell into utter ruin, and the Earl himself, with his 
general, Sir John Desmond, were compelled to seek re- 
fuge in caves till the sword closed their lives and the war 
in the South of Ireland. Cromwell embarked at Youghall 
after his gallant achievements in this harassed kingdom. 

Pop. 10,000. Fairs : May 27, Oct. 18. Inn : The 
King's Arms. 



No. 208. From Dublin to YOUGHALL. Second 
Road. By Carlow and Lismore. 

Dublin Castle to Miles. Dublin Castle to Miles. 

Clonmell* as at No. 26. 81j| Tallow* . . . 104£ 

Cappoquin* . . 97J Youghall* . . . 115 
Lismore* . . 100* 



2 C 



290 



CROSS-ROADS. 



Miles. 

ADAIR to ASKEYTON 8f 

ANTRIM to 

Doagb. . 6 

BALLICLARE. . 7§ 

ARDEE to 

Dimdalk 10i 

CARLINGFORD 2l| 

ARDEE to 

Kingscourt .... 10 

Muff 12J 

Baillieborough . . 15 J 
Stradon ........ 26 

CAVAN 301 

ARKLOW to 

Bally arthur 3 J 

Newbridge ... 4J 

Kingston 6§ 

Rath drum 8 \ 

GLENDALOUGH 13J 

ARMAGH to 

Hamilton's Bawn 3f 
Tanderagee .... 8J 
GILFORD .... 11 

ARMAGH to 

Richhill 4 

Tanderagee .... 9 
GILFORD llj 

ARMAGH to 

Hamilton's Bawn 3 J 

Scarva 10^ 

Richhill 13J 

PORTADOWN.. 18| 



Miles, 

ARMAGH to 

Hamilton's Bawn 3f 

Clare 7£ 

Scarva 10£ 

Loughbrickland . . 12 J 
RATHFRILAND 19f 

ATHBOY to 

Mead Town .... 4 

Navan 9 J 

Slane 15f 

DROGHEDA. ... 22J 

ATHBOY to 

Rathmore ...... 2 J 

Allen's Town 4 

Ardbraccan 7 

NAVAN 9 

ATHENRY to 

Monivea 4J 

TUAM 15J 

ATHLONE to 

Ballimore 11£ 

Racondra 17 

Mullingar 23 

Castletown Delvin 33^ 

Athboy 40| 

Navan 50J 

DROGHEDA (by 
Slane and N. side 
of the Boyne) . . 63 

ATHY to 

Kilberry Ruins .... 3 
MONASTEREVEN 9 



CROSS-ROADS. 



291 



Miles. 




Miles* 


ATHY to 




Ballinrobe to 




' Stradbally 


6i 


Ballaghy • 


28| 


Maryborough .... 


12i 


Tobercorry ...... 


34i 


Killeigh 


26 


SLIGO i 


51 


TULLAMORE .. 


30f 


BALLYBOFEY to 




AUGHER to 




Killyock Church 


5 


Aughnacloy 


H 


Fin Town 


12J 


BALLYGAWLY 


lOJ 


SHALLAGHAN 




AUGHNACLOY to 




BRIDGE .... 


17 


Carnteel 


If 


BALLYCASTLE to 


- 


Castle Caulfield . . 


7 


Moss-Side 


6 


DUNGANNON. . 


9i 


Dervock . . ...... 


9i 


: BAILLIEBOROUGH to 


Coleraine 


16| 


COOTEHILL .. 


n 


Newtown Lima- 




BALL to SWINE- 




vady 


26| 


FORD 


iii 


Ballykelly 


29 


BALLAGHY (Mayo) to 




Muff 


34 


Tobercorry 


H 


LONDONDERRY 39J 


Balcarra 


134 


BALLYCONNEL to 




COLOONEY 


17 


Callahill 


4 


BALLAGHY (Derry) to 


Cross Roads .... 


10 


Kilrea 


8 


ENNISKILLEN. 


. 15 


AhoghilL, crossing 




BALLYGAWLY to 




the New Ferry 


14 


Castle-Caulfield . . 


7 


MAGHERA 


19| 


DUNGANNON.. 


H 


BALLICLARE to 




BALLYMAHON to 




Brou^hshane .... 


10 


EDGEWORTH'S 




CLOGH 


15 


TOWN 


9| 


BALLINA to 




BALLYMENA to 




Esky Bridge .... 


13 


Ballymoney 


14* 


BALLASEDERE 


30 


Coleraine 


2Q| 


BALLINANAGHT to 




Newtown Lima- 




CAVAN 


4i 


vady 


31 


BALLINASLOE to 




LONDONDERRY 431 


Ahascragh 


6* 


BALLYMONEY to 




Ballynamore .... 


Hi 


BALLYCASTLE 


12 


Kilkerrin 


20J 


BALLYMONEY to 




DUNMORE .... 


28J 


Newtown Limavady 15^ 


BALLINROBE to 




Dervock 


21-1 


Ball 


12 


BUSHMILLS .. 


27J- 


Swineford ...... 


23J 


2 C 2 





292 



CROSS-ROADS, 



10* 



Miles. 

BALLYNAHINCH to 

Lisburn 7| 

HILLSBO- 
ROUGH 14 j 

BALLYNAMORE to 

Mount-Talbot 4 

Athleague 6i 

ROSCOMMON.. 10| 

BANAGHER to 

Eyrecourt 5 

LOUGHREA.... 211 

BANBRIDGE to 

Tanderagee 5^ 

Hamilton's Bawn 

ARMAGH 14 

BANDON to 

MACROOM .... 12J 

BELFAST to 

ANTRIM 12 

BELFAST to 

Ballymena ...... 21 

Clogh 27 

Clogh Mills 29 

Ballymoney .... 35£ 

COLERAINE .. 41| 

BELFAST to 

Cumber 6| 

KILLYLEAGH.. 16 

BELLEEK to 

PETTIGOE .. 

BIRR to 

Roscrea ........ 9 J 

Clonakinny 14± 

Templemore .... 19^ 

Thurles 27 \ 

KILLENAULE.. 36| 

BIRR to 

Portumna llf 

Tynagh is\ 

LOUGHREA.... 26 



n 



Miles. 
BLACK BULL to 

KILCOCK 9| 

BLACK BULL to 

Ratoath 4 

GARRISTOWN 
BLACK BULL to 

Ratoath 4 

KILMOON 74 

BOYLE to 

Leitrim 8 J 

18f 



n 



Eallinamore 



291 



"I 



9| 



Castle Carris:an . . 22£ 
KILLESHAN- 
DRA 

BOYLE to 

TOBERCORRY 

BROUGHSHANE to 
GLENARM ... 

BRUFF to 

NEWPORT .... 16| 

BURROS IN OSSORY to 

Aghaboe 4 J 

Durrow 10^ 

KILKENNY .... 24 

BUSHMILLS to 

Ballmtoy. ..... 

BALLYCASTLE 

CAH1R-MORRES to 

Headford 4 

TheNeale 12 

BALL1NROBE.. 15 

CALEDON to 

Dungannon 9£ 

AUGHNACLOY ]5 

CARBERRY to 

KINNEGAD . . 

CARLINGFORD to 

Newry 9J 

Market Hill .... 17 
ARMAGH. 21J 



6i 

10 



n 



CROSS-ROADS. 



293 





Miles. 


Miles. 


CARLOW to 




Castlebar to 




Grange-Mellon . 


• 61 


Cahir Morres . . . 


28 


Ardrie 


8 


GALWAY 


38f 


ATHY 


. 9 


CASTLEBAR to 

Bally vary 




CARLOW to 


Z>3 
3 4 


BagnelFs Arms . 


. 2 


SWINEFORD .. 


13J 


Fenough Church. 


. 6 


CASTLEBLANEY to 




Myshall 


. 8 


BALLYBAY .... 




NEWTOWN BARRY 12 


CASTLEMAIN to 




CARMONEY to 




DINGLE 


191 


Straicl 


. 3| 


CASTLEPOLLARD to 




Ballyclare 


• 8i 


GRANARD 


H 


Doagh 


. 12| 


CASTLEREAGH to 




KELLS 


. 201 


Loughglin ...... 


5 


CASH to 




BALLAGH Y 


*h 


Derg Bridge • . , 


. m 


CASTLEREAGH to 




STRABANE . . . 


. \7\ 


FRENCHPARK 


7 


CASHELLto 




CAVAN to 




Killenaule 


. 81 


Stradon 


H 


CALLEN 


. 18| 


Baillieborough . . 


14| 


CASHELL to 


. 8 


Muff : 


18| 


FETHARD . . 


Kings court 


^4- 

201 


CASHELLto 




Drumcondra .... 


26% 


KILLENAULE. 


. 81 


COLLON 


34J 


CASHELL to 




CAVAN to 




Holy Cross 


■ n 


Ballyhays 


31 


Burro saleigh . . . 


. 14| 


COOTEHILL .. 


12| 


NENAGH 


• S5£ 


CAVAN to 




CASTLEBAR to 




Ballyhays . . .... 


H 


Crossmalmey . . . 


. 15 


Scots House .... 


10 


BALLINA 


. 21J 


Clones 


m 


CASTLEBAR to 




Smith sborough . . 


18 


Ballinrobe 


. 14 


MONAGHAN .. 


23 


Headford 


. 25 


CAVAN to 




CahirMorres . . . 


. 29 


Ballinanaght .... 


« 


GAL WAY 


. 39f 


Finae 


13 


CASTLEBAR to 


Castle-Pollard . . 


201 


Partree . . ..... 


. 9 


Mullingar 


31i 



Ballinrobe 14 

Kilmain 18 

Shrule 21| 



Terril's Pass 



391 



PHILIPSTOWN 461 

2C3 



294 



CROSS-ROADS, 



Miles. 

CAVAN to 

Crossdony 4J 

Killeshandra .... 9^ 

SWANLINBAR.. 22| 

CHARLEVILLE to 

Ballingarry 10 

RATHKEALE .. 14J 

CLAINE to 



20£ 



Horsland 6§ 

CLONCURRY .. 9| 

CLARE-GALWAY to 

Shrule 6J 

KILMAIN 10 

CLARE-GALWAY to 

Tuam 1.0£ 

CAHIR-MORRES 16 

CLOGH to 

Seaford 1 

BALLYNAHINCH 6| 

CLOGHEEN to 

Cappoauin lOf 

DUNGARVAN 

CLOGHER to 

Five-Mile Town . . 5 
Coltrain Church. . 8 
Brooksborough . . 10 
MAGWIRE'S 

BRIDGE .... 12 

CLOGHER to 

Five-Mile Town. . 5 
Coltrain Church. . 8 
Brooksborough . . 10 

Donough 16 

NEWTOWN 
BUTLER . 

CLOGHER to 

OMAGH llf 

"LOGHNAKILTY to 

DUNMANWAY llf 



18| 



Miles. 
CLONARD BRIDGE to 

Carberry 5 J 

EDENDERRY.. llf 
CLONEGAL to 

Carnew 6 

GOREY 14J 

CLONES to 

DONOUGH.... 6} 
CLONMELL to 

Ardfinnan 6J 

CLOGHEEN.... 11* 
CLONMELL to 

Cashel ll£ 

Holy Cross 18§ 

Burrosaleigh .... 26 
Nenagh ........ 36| 

BIRR 53f 

CLONMELL to 

Cahir 8J 

Tipperary 20£ 

Pallis 29| 

Cahirconclish . 
LIMERICK . 
CLOYNE to 

MIDDLETON .. 3£ 
COLEHILL to 

LONGFORD. ... 8| 
COLERAINE to 

NEWTOWN-LI- 
MAVADY .... 10J 
COLLON to 

DUNLEER .... 5 
COLLON to 

Druuicondra . 
KING'S-COURT 14 
COLOONEY to 

Ballintogher .... 4J 
DRUMAHAIR .. 7| 
COOKS'-TOWN to 
FREDERICK'S - 

town in 



35£ 
42f 



H 



CROSS-ROADS. 



295 



Miles. 



COOK'S-TOWN to 

Pomery 

Nine-Mile House 

Six-Mile Cross . . 

Clogharny Church 

OMAGH 

COOTEHILL to 

Ballybay 

Rockcorry 

MONAGHAN .. 
CORK to 

Middleton 

CLOYNE 

CORK to 



Douglas 



Passage 

COVE 

CORK to 

Whitechurch .... 

Ballynamona .... 

Mallow 

DONERAILE . . 
CORK to 

Mallow 

DONERAILE .. 
CORK to 

Whitechurch 

Ballynamona 

Mallow 

Buttevant 

Rathclare Inn 

Velvet" s Town . . 

Charleville 

Kilmallock 

Brutf 

Six- Mile Bridge. . 

Ballyneety 

Borheen 

LIMERICK ..*. 



8 
llf 

14| 
17 

22 

8 
13 



15$ 

1-1 

n 

H 

12| 
15* 

21 

15i 
21 



12| 

15* 

21 

22 

23 

28$ 

33 

37-| 

41§ 

47% 



n 



13J 



12 



Miles. 
CORK to 

Mill-Street 22| 

Shane's Inn 26$ 

Castle Island .... 40 

TRALEE 48J 

CROSSDONY to 

CAVAN 4$ 

CROSS ROADS to 

ENNISKILLEN 
DERVOCK to 

BALLYCASTLE 
DERVOCK to 

COLERAINE . 
DESARTMARTIN to 

Mourne 

NEWTOWN- 
STEWART . 
DONAGHMORE to 
Six-Mile Cross . 

Omagh 19$ 

Newtown-Stewart 26$ 
STRABANE ... 33 J 
DONNEGAL to 

Townavilly 3| 

Ballybofey 12± 

Castlefin 18 J 

Lifford 23$ 

STRABANE 24$ 

DOWNPATRICK to 

Ballynahinch .... 7\ 

Lisburn 15 J 

Stoneyford 20 

ANTRIM 30 

DROGHEDA to 

CLOGHER-HEAD 6 
DROGHEDA to 

Collon 5 J 

Ardee 11 

MILL OF 

LOUTH .... 16 



296 CROSS-ROADS. 




Miles. 




Miles. 


DROGHEDA to SLANE 


DUNGIVEN tO 




On the North side 




Ballaghy 


.. 15i 


of the Boyne . . 


n 


Randalstown . . 


.. 24 


On the South side 




Antrim ...... 


• • 28* 


of the River • . 


H 


CARRICKFERGUS 43| 


DROMORE to 




DUNLAVAN to 




CASTLEWELLAN11J 


Rathsallagh . . 


.. 2 


DRUMAHAIR to 




Griffinstown . . 


.. 3 


Manor-Hamilton. . 


4| 


Rathbrand .... 


.. 4 


Garrison 


12 


Saundersville . . 


.. 5 


SLIGO 


2I| 


Greenville .... 


. 7 


DRUMKEERN to 




Humewood. . . . 


.. 9 


LARGAY 


Hi 


Highpark 


.. 11 


DUNDALK to CAR- 




HACKETSTOWN 13 


RICKMACROSS 


H| 


DUNLEERto 




DUNDALK to 


10J 

22J 


Ardee . . ...... 


.. a 


Ardee . . ........ 


Clonkeen 9 

CARRICKMAC- 


Carlanstown .... 


Kells 


943 

4 


ROSS .... 


.. 15J 


Crossakeel 


29| 


DUNLEER to 




Maypole. ....... 


37J 


Braganstown . , 


.. 5 


MULLINGAR .. 


46 


Tullanstown . . 


.. 8f 


DUNGANNON to 




MILL OF LOUTH 10" 


Aughnacloy ...... 


H 


DUNMORE to 




BALLYGAWLY 


19 


Ballymoe .... 


.. 10| 


DUNGANNON to 




BALLINLOUGH 19 


Eglish 


3 


DURRO W to 




Dyon 


7 


BURROS-IN- 




CALEDON .... 


H 


OSSORY .. 


.. 10J 


DUN GAR VAN to 




DURROW to 




Youghall 


"i 


Rathdowny. . . . 


.', n 


Kiileagh 


17 i 


ROSCREA . . 


,. 19 


Castle Maityr. . , . 


20 


EDGEWORTH'S 




Middleton 


25 


TOWN to 




CORK 


36J 


Granard 


.. 8 


DUNGIVEN to 




Ballinanaght . . 


17i 


Antrim 


28| 


CAVAN 


.. 21 


BELFAST 


40-| 


EDGEWORTH'S 




DUNGIVEN to 




TOWN to 




Maghera 


10 


FIRMOUNT . . 


V » «J 



CROSS-ROADS. 



297 



Miles. 

ENNIS to 

Corrofin 7\ 

KILFENORA .. 14 

ENNIS to 

Clare 2 

Ardsallas 6 J 

SIX-MILE-BRIDGE 11 j 

ENNISCORTHY to 

BURRIS 14 j 

ENNISCORTHY to 

Duffrey Hall .... 6 J 

BURRIS 14| 



Q3 

J 4 



ENNISCORTHY to 
NEWTOWN BARRY 

ENNISKILLEN to 

Ballycashedy .... 3§ 

Lisnarick . 8| 

Cash U\ 

Pettigoe 15J 

BELLEEKTOWN 25J 

ENNISKILLEN to 

Bally mullart Church 5 \ 

Trillick 9 

Drummore Church 12 j 
OMAGH 20 

ENNISKILLEN to 

Tempo 6 

Trillick 15 

Omagh 26 

Newtown- Stewart 33 
STRABANE .". . . 40J 

FEARBANE to 

Ballinahown .... 4^ 
ATHLONE .... 10 

FERMOY to 

CASTLETOWN 
ROCHE 7\ 

FETHARD to 



Mullinahone .. 
CALLEN 12| 



' 2 



Miles. 

GALWAY to 

MONIVEA 13£ 

GALWAY to 

Tuam 16 

DUNMORE .... 23£ 

GLENARM to 

Cairnlough 2J 

Newtown Glens. . 10 
BALLYCASTLE 21 

GORT to 

Oranmore 13 

CLARE-GAL- 
WAY 18J 

GRANARD to 

Firmount 5 

Edgeworth's Town 8 
BALLYMAHON 

GRANARD to 

Ballinanaght .... 9 
CAVAN 

GREY ABBEY to 



m 



13J 



Newtown Ardes, 



H 



BANGOR 8| 

HILLSBOROUGH to 

Moira 5 

Magheralin 6J 

LURGAN 9 

HOLLYMOUNT to 

Baliindine , 7f 

Ballinrobe 12 J 

BALL 21| 

INCHIGEELA to 

MACROOM .... 7 

INNISTYMOND to 
KILFENORA.... 

KEADY to 

TYNAN 6| 

KELLS (Antrim) to 

Ballynure 9i 

DOAGH 16| 



H 



203 



CROSS-ROADS. 



Miles. 


Miles. 


KELLS (Meath) to 




KILKENNY to 




Carlanstown .... 


24 


Freshford ...... 


n 


ARDEE 


14 


URLINGFORD. . 


14 


KELLS (Meath) to 




KILKERRIN to 




SLANE , 


Hi 


BALLYMOE ... 


10J 


KELLS (Meath) to 




KILL to 




OLD CASTLE . . 


10 


MAYNOOTH .. 


H 


KILBEGGAN to 




KILLALA to 




Ballymore 


9 


CASTLELACKEN 


5J 


BALLYMAHON 


141 


KILLARNEY to 




KILBEGGAN to 




Milltown. 


8| 


MULLINGAR .. 


12 


Castlemain 


iof 


KILDARE to 




Bracktown Inn . . 


22i 


Rathconnel 


6 


DINGLE ...... 


30" 


ATH Y 


11 


KILLARNEY to 




KILDARE to 




TRALEE 


14 


KILMEAGUE .. 


6 


KILLEIGH to 




KILFENORA to 




Philip stown .... 


71 


Innistymond .... 


6 


TULLAMORE .. 


HI 


Caghryariff 


12| 


KILLENAULE to 




Kilmurry-ibrickan 


16± 


CASHELL 


H 


Coalyclare 


241 


KILLENAULE to 




KILRUSH 


29| 


THURLES 


n 


KILKENNY to 




KILLYLEAGH to 




BALLYRAGGET 


H 


BALLYNAHINCH 


H 


KILKENNY to 




KILLYLEAGH to 




Kells 


12 


DOWNPATRICK 
KILLOUGH to 


5 


Kilmagany 




CARRICK-ON- 




Strangford ...... 


'4 


SUIR 


m 


Grey Abbey .... 


16 


KILKENNY to 




Donaghadee .... 


22| 


CASTLE COMER 9f 


BANGOR.... . 


27| 


KILKENNY to 




KILLOUGH to 




KNOCKTOPHER 


n 


Downpatrick .... 


5 


KILKENNY to 




Inch Church .... 


7 


Ballyragget 


H 


Everog Bridge . . 


n 


Durrow 


13J 


Saintiield 


13J 


Rath downy 


21 


Newtown Breda. . 


19f 


Skirk 


26| 
32J 


BELFAST 

KILLYBEGS to 


23 


ROSCREA,... ., 








Ardra 


8 



CROSS-ROADS, 



299 



Miles. 
KlLLYBEGS to 

Enniskeel Church 12J 

Shallagan Bridge.. 20 

Cloghanlea 28 J 

Gortahurk 45 J 

DUNFANAGHY 52£ 

KILMALLOCK to 

Bruff 4J 

Six-mile-Bridge . . 81 

LIMERICK .... 161 

KILREA to COLE- 

RAINE ...... llf 

KILRUSH to 

Kilmurry-ibrickan 13 J 

INNISTYMOND 23| 

KING'S COURT to 

Baillieborough . . 5§ 

Stradon 15f 

CAVAN 201 

KINSALE to 

Innishonan 6 

BANDON 9 

LANESBOROUGH to 

Killashee 4 

LONGFORD .... 8 

LARGAY to ENNIS- 

KILLEN 51 

LEIGHLIN BRIDGE to 

Dunleckney 2 

Myshall 7 

Cross Roads .... 9 
NEWTOWN 

BARRY 11 

LEITRIM to 

Ballynamore .... 1 J 

Castle Carrigan .. 14J 
KILLESHANDRA 21 

LEIXLIPto 

Dunboyne . 5 

BLACK BULL.. 6£ 



Miles. 
LIMERICK to 

Pallis 12| 

Tipperary 21 J 

Thomastown .... 26 

Goolden 27§ 

CASHEL 30J 

LIMERICK to 

Six-Mile-Bridge. . 8f 
Spancell Hill .... 18J 

Crusheen 23 

Tubberdonny .... 26 £ 

Gort 31 

Oranmore 44 

GALWAY 48| 

LIMERICK to 
O'BRIEN'S 

BRIDGE .... 8 
LIMERICK to KILLA- 

LOE 11 

LISBURN to 

Tynan 31 

Callidon 32J 

Creely 35^ 

AUGHNACLOY 38 
LISBURN to BALLIN- 

DERRY 7f 

LISBURN to 

Tynan 31 

Glasslough 33f 

Monaghan 38J 

Rockcorry 461 

Cootehill 51 

Ballinacargy .... 581 
BALLYHAYS .. 60 
LISBURN to 

Armagh 241 

Killyleagh 29£ 

Tynan 31 

Middleton 33 

CASTLE-SHANE 37i 



300 



CROSS-ROADS, 



10J 



Miles. 

LISBURN to 

Moira 6J 

Magheralin 8 

Lurgan 

Portadown 15^ 

Loughgall 20} 

CHARLEMONT 2U 

LISBURN to GLA- 

NEVY . 7\ 

LISBURN to 

Moira 6 J 

Magheralin 8 

Lurgan 10J 

Portadown > 15^ 

Richhill 20| 

Armagh 24± 

READY 30| 

LISMORE to 

WATERGRASS- 

HILL 13 

LONDONDERRY to 

CLADY 7} 

LONDONDERRY to 
Newtown Cuning- 

ham 7 

Manor Cuningham 11 \ 

Letterkenny .... 16 

Kilmacrennan. ... 21 

Glen Inn 27 

Ballymore Church 33 

DUNFANAGHY 35J 

LONDONDERRY to 

Muff 5| 

Bally kelly 10 J 

Newtown Lima- 

vady 12} 

Coleraine 23 

Bush Mills . . 29} 

Ballintoy 36 

Ballycastle 39J 

Newtown Glens. . 50§ 



Miles. 



58J 
60J 

10$ 



Londonderry to 

Cairnlough ... . 

GLENARM . . . 
LONDONDERRY to 

White Castle . . . 

Red Castle 13£ 

GREEN CASTLE 20i 
LONGFORD to GRA- 

NARD 12 

LOUGHREA to 

ATHENRY .... 9 
LOUGHREA to 

Woodford 10 1 

Mount Shannon .. 19 

Killaloe 30| 

Newport 38 

BRUFF 54} 

LOUGHREA to ORAN- 

MORE ...... 13 J 

LURGAN to 

Moira 4 

LISBURN 10| 

LURGAN to 

Stewart' s-town, 

crossing the Ferries 14} 
MACROOM to 

Millstreet 

CASTLE ISLAND 
MACROOM to 

Carrigneneelogh 

INCHIGEELA 
MACROOM to 

Knightsbridge . 

KENMARE 

TOWN 

MAGHERA to DUN 

GIVEN 

MAGHERAFELT to 

MAGHERA . 
MALLOW to 

Buttevant , 5| 



10 

28} 

H 

7 
81 



24| 



10 



CROSS-ROADS, 



301 



Miles. 

Mallow to 

CHARLEVILLE 12J 

MALLOW to 

Castle-roche .... 6 J 

Glanworth 11* 

MITCHEL'S- 

TOWN 15J 

MALLOW to 

Glanton 4 J 

Newbridge 7§ 

MILL-STREET.. 17 J 

MALLOW to 

Liscarrol 8 J 

Drumcullacher .. . 14 J 

NEWCASTLE . . 22| 

MALLOW to 

Kanturk 8 

NEWMARKET.. 11| 

MANOR HAMILTON to 

Killargs Church . . 4J 

Drumahair 8 

Ballintogher 11J 

COLOONY .... 16 

MANOR HAMILTON to 

SLIGO 10| 

MARYBOROUGH to 

Mountmellick .... 5 J 

Rosenellis ...... 8| 

BALLYBOY.... 20J 

MARYBOROUGH to 
PORTARLING- 

TON 9 J 

MARYBOROUGH to 

Clonegowan .... 9 J 

Geashill Castle .. 13 

PHILIPSTOWN 17 

MAYNOOTH to 

Barberstown .... 3 J 

Claine 6| 

NAAS 11 

2D 



Miles 

MAYPOLE to 

Cross Keys .... 3f 

Crossakeel .... 7\ 

KELLS 12± 

MENLOUGH to 

Newtown-Bellew 4 

KILKERRIN .. 7 g 

MILL-STREET to 

Macroom 10 

Kilmory 15J 

BANDON .... 22J 

MOIRA to 

Hillsborough . . 5 

Ballynahinch. ... 12 

KILLYLEAGH 20£ 

MONAGHAN to 

Smithsborough . . 5 

Clones ........ 9| 

Donough 16 

Lisneskea 19 

Magwire's Bridge 21 \ 

Lisbellaw 24 

ENNISKILLEN 28 

MONAVER to 

KILLENAULE 6J 

MOUNT TALBOT to 

Ballinamore .... 4 

AHASCRAGH . 9 

MULLINGAR to 

Racondra 6 

Ballymore \\\ 

ATHLONE 23 

MULLINGAR to CAS- 

TLEPOLLARD . 10 j 

MULLINGAR to 

Pass-if-you-Can 2| 

Maypole 8 J 

Crossakeel .... 16£ 

KELLS 21 J 

MULLINGAR to 

Clonlost 6h 



302 



CROSS-ROADS. 



MULLINGAR tO 


miies. 


TRIM 


211 


NAAStoCARBERRY 


144 


NAASto 




Claine 


*f 


KILCOCK .... 


11| 


NAAS to 




Newbridge Inn. . 


5 


Kildare 


8 


Rathangan .... 


13 


Clonbullock .... 


16} 


Edenderry .... 


21} 


PHILIPSTOWN 


27i 


NAVAN to 




Slane 


6 


DROGHEDA . . 


12| 


NAVAN to 




Carlanstown .... 


8| 


MOYNALTY . . 


111 


NAUL to 




DROGHEDA . . 


8 


NENAGH to 




Burrisakane . . . 


8 


PORTUMNA .. 


18J 


NENAGH to 




Burrosaleigh. . . . 


10} 


THURLES .... 


18} 


NEWCASTLE to 




Castle wellan. . . . 


3 


DROMORE .... 


144 


NEWPORT to KIL- 




LALOE 


n 


NEW ROSS to EN- 




NISCORTHY . . 


15J 


NEW ROSS to 




FOOKSMILL . . 


84 


NEW ROSS to 




INISTIOGE.... 


64 


NEW ROSS to 




Old Ross 


4 i 


TAGHMON.... 


124 1 



Miles 
NEWRY to 

Market Hill • » . . 9 
ARMAGH .. 
NEWRY to 

Ballywire Church 7 
Newtown-Hamil- 
ton 

Castleblaney. , . . 
BALLYBAY .... 
NEWRY to 

Belleek Town . . 51 
NEWTOWN- 
HAMILTON . 84 
NEWTOWN - LIMA- 
VADY to 

Aughadoway Church 9f 

Cross Ferry 13 

BALLYMONEY . 15| 
NEWTOWN - LIMA- 
VADY to 

Garva?h ....... 101 



14} 



94 



224 



Desart Church 



m 



KILREA 154 

NEWTOWN - LIMA- 
VADY to 

Ballykelly 2| 

Muff 71 

LONDONDERRY 12} 
NEWTOWN - LIMA- 
VADY to 

Garvagh ......... IO4 

NEW FERRY . . 23 
NEWTOWN - STEW- 
ART to 

Gortin .......... 5 



Downgate Rock. . 



14i 



O'BRIEN'S BRIDGE to 
NENAGH , 13J 



CROSS-ROADS. 



303 



19J 

22 



10J 



Miles* 

OMAGH to 

Clogharny Church 5 
Six-Mile Cross . . 1\ 
Nine-Mile House 10J 

Pomeroy.. 14 

Donaghmore . . 
DUNGANNON 

OMAGH to 

Fintona 7 

Tempo 14 

ENNISKTLLEN 20 

OMAGH to 

Clogharny Church 5 
Six-mile Cross . . 7\ 
Nine-Mile House 

Pomeroy 14 

Sandholes 19 

Dunaghy 20§ 

STEWART'S- 
TOV/N 22 j 

PARTREE to 

CASTLEBAR .. 9 

PHILIPSTOWN to 
Geashill Castle , , 
CLONEGOWAN 

PHILIPSTOWN to 

KILBEGGAN .. 10 

PHILIPSTOWN to 

Clonard Church . . 15J 

Stoneyford 17 \ 

TRIM 25J 

POMEROY to 

Cook's-town . . . . 8 
STEWART' S- 
TOWN 16| 

PORTADOWN to 

LURGAN 5 

PORTAFERRY to 

Ballyhalbert . . . • 6 

Bally waiter 9 

DONAGHADEE 13 \ 



n 



20| 



Miles. 

PORTAFERRY to 

Grey Abbey • . . • 8f 
NEWTOWNAR- 
ARDES 14 

PORTARLINGTON to 
MARYBOROUGH 10 

PORTGLENONE to 

GARVAGH 10 

PORTGLENONE to 

Tamlagh Church. . 3| 

Garvagh 10J 

NEWTOWN -LI- 
MAVADY . , 

FORTUMNA to 

Ballinagar ...... 7\ 

Derrybrian 13 J 

GORT 22 

RANDAL'S-TOWN to 
Toome Bridge. . . . 
MAGHERA 

RANDAL'S-TOWN to 
PORTGLENONE 9 

RASHARKAN to 

New Ferry 4 

COLERAINE . 

RATHFRILAND to 

BANBRIDGE .. 7j 

RATHFRILAND to 
DROMORE ., 

RATHFRILAND to 

LOUGHBRICKLAND 7 

RATHKEALE to 

Ballingarry » 4^ 

CHARLEVILLE 15 ~ 

ROSCOMMON to 

Athleague 4J 

Mount Talbot 7 

Ballinamore .... 11 

Ahascragh , 16 

BALLINASLOE 22J 
2D2 



14| 



10J 



10| 



304 



CROSS-ROADS. 



Miles. 


; 


Miles. 


ROSCOMMON to 




SLANE to 




Tulsk 


9 
11 


Collon 


4£ 


Tuniquin 


ARDEE 


^4 

13| 


Elphin 


14f 


SLANE to KELLS . . 


12 


CARRICK-ON- 




SLANE to NAVAN .. 


6 


SHANNON .. 


22 


SLIGO to 




ROSCOMMON to 




Ballasedere 


?! 


Cloverhill 


3 


Strandhouse Inn. . 


7S 

4 


Ballintobber .... 


H 


Esky Bridge .... 


20J 


CASTLEREA .. 


134 


Grange Inn 


2ii 


ROSCREA to 




Enniscrone Church 27 


Leap 


4| 


BALLINA 


35J 


BIRR 


10J 


SLIGO to 




ROSENELLIS to 




Tobercorry 


m 


KILLEIGH . . . 


n 


Kilmatague 


23J 


ROSSTREVOR to 




Foxford 


314 


Kilkeele ........ 


n 


CASTLEBAR .. 


42| 


Annalong 


Hi 


SLIGO to 




Newcastle 


iff 


Tobercorry 


16^ 


DUNDRUM .... 


20f 


Swineford 


27i 


ROSTREVOR to 




CASTLEBAR .. 


41J 


Dromore 


19 


SLIGO to 




LURGAN 


25} 


Half- Way House 


11 


ROSTREVOR to 




Bally shannon .... 


201 


Clanduff Church.. 


5J 


Ballintra 


251 


Rathfriland 


8 


Townavilly 


341 


Dromore 


19 


Ballybofey 


431 


MOIRA 


24 


Castlefin 


49| 


SATNTF1ELD to 




LIFFORD > 


54£ 


LISBURN 


n 


SLIGO to 




SCREEN to NAVAN 


6-i 


Ballybofey 


431 


SHANNON -BRIDGE 




Convoy 


48J 


to BALLINASLOE 6± 


Raphoe 


51 


SHILELAGH to 




St. Johnstown. . .. 


56} 


TULLOW 


7s 


Carrigans 


584 


SILVERMINES to 




LONDONDERRY 62| 


NENAGH 


7 


STEWART'S-TOWNto 


SKERRIFF to 




COOKS-TOWN . 


n 


Mountshannon . . 


4 


STEWART'S-TOWNto 


Woodford 


12J 


Coagh 


4f 


LOUGHREA. . . . 


23 


MAGHERAFELT 


ioi 



CROSS-ROADS. 



305 



Miles. 


. 


Miles. 


STRABANE to 




TRIMtoKELLS .... 


m 


Dimymanagh .... 


6 


TRIM to MULLINGAR 21 J 


Donaghedy Church 


>r 


TRIM to NAVAN .... 


n 


CLADY 


12| 


TRIM to 




STRANORLANE to 




Stoneyford 


8 


Convoy 


5 


Clonard Bridge . . 


11 


RAPHOE 


11J 


Edenderry ; 


m 


STRATFORD-UPON- 




Clonbullock .... 


221 


SLANEY to 




PORTARLING- 




Timolin 


4 


TON 


301 


BALYTORE'.... 


6 


TUAM to DUNMORE 


n 


STROKESTOWN to 




TUAM to 




JAMESTOWN . . 


8| 


Clare 


13| 


STROKESTOWN to 




Ballaghy 


301 


RUSKY BRIDGE 


H 


Tobercorry 


36 


SUMMERHILL to 




Balcarra 


43| 


TRIM 


5 


SLIGO 


52^ 


TEMPLEPATRICK to 




TULLAMORE to 




Balliclare 


H 


Killeigh 


4f 


Ballynure 


H 


Rosenellis 


9 I 


LARNE 


13i 


Mountmellick. . . . 


12i 


TERRIL'S PASS to 




MARYBOROUGH 


[ 18i 


MULLINGAR .. 


H 


TULLAMORE to 




THURLES to 




TERRIL'S PASS 


8 


Cashel 


m 


TULLOtoENNIS.... 


9 



24 



8 



15J 



CLONMELL... 
THURLES to 

TEMPLEMORE 
TIPPERARY to 

CAHIR 12 

TIPPERARY to 

HOLY-CROSS . 
TIPPERARY to 

Pallis 9J 

Cahirconlish .... 15 

LIMERICK .... 211 
TIPPERARY to 

MITCHELSTOWN 15| 
TRALEE to 

ARDFERT 41 



TULSK to 

Elphin 5| 

CARRICK 13 

TYNAN to 

Armagh 6| 

BLACKWATER- 
TOWN 13h 

WATERFORDtoCAR- 
RICK-ON-SUIR— 

By Portlaw 141 

Or by Curraghmore 14 J 
Or by Grany Ferry 13> 

WATERFORD to 

DrumcannonChurch 4 
TRAMORE .... 6 
2D 3 



306 



CROSS-ROADS, 



Miles. 



HI 

291 

5£ 



WATERFORD to 

Kilmacthomas . ♦ 

CAPPOQUIN . 
WESTPORT to 

NEWPORTPRAT 
WEXFORD to 

Taghmon 7 

By Old Ross to 

NEW ROSS.... 19J 
WHITE- CASTLE to 

MALLIN 15 



Miles. 

YOUGHALL to 

Carrigtohill 3| 

Glenmire 7f 

CORK 11| 

YOUGHALL to 

Killeagh 5i 

Castle- Martyr. ... 8l 

Middleton ...... 13^ 

CORK 25 



APPENDIX, 



CONTAINING 



A GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF IRELAND. 



SITUATION AND EXTENT. 

Ire t, and is the most westerly of the British Islands, and 
is separated from Great Britain by a channel, which varies 
in breadth from 6 to 40 leagues. It is situated between 
51° 19' and 55° 23' N. latitude, and between 5° 19' and 
10° 20' W. longitude. Its greatest length from N. to S. 
is about 235 Irish miles, and its greatest breadth about 
182. In the narrowest part it is not more than 98 Irish 
miles in breadth ; and so irregular is the coast, and so deep 
are its bays, that there is no place in Ireland 50 miles 
from the sea. According to Mr. Wakefield, Ireland con- 
tains 32,201 English square miles, which are equal to 
12,722,615 Irish acres, or to 20,437,974 English acres. 
The Population amounts to about 7 5 000,000. 

CLIMATE. 

The climate of Ireland is variable, but not subject to 
extremes either of heat or cold. The mean temperature 
of the northern part is 48° of Fahrenheit, of the centre 
50°, and of the southern portion 52°. The medium quan- 
tity of rain which falls annually is from 24 to 28 inches. 



308 APPENDIX, 



RIVERS. 

Ireland is watered by 125 rivers, which flow directly into 
the sea, besides numerous smaller streams. Many of 
these rivers are navigable, and form excellent harbours. 

The Shannon is the principal river of Ireland. It rises 
in Leitrim, and, after flowing a short distance, spreads 
into Lough Allen. Beyond this Lough it becomes a con- 
siderable stream, and passing through two other large lakes, 
Lough Ree and Lough Derg, extends below Limerick into 
a vast estuary or firth, about 60 miles in length, and from 
3 to 10 in breadth. Its course from Lough Allen to 
Kerry Head is about 170 miles, and it is nearly 7 miles 
broad at its mouth. It flows from the N. towards the 
S. W., and in its progress visits the following counties :— , 
Leitrim, Roscommon, Galway, Clare, Longford, West- 
meath, King's County, Tipperary, Limerick, and Kerry. 
This river is navigable for ships of 500 tons as far as 
Limerick, and is afterwards, with the assistance of a canal, 
navigable for small vessels to Shannon Harbour, near Ba- 
nagher, where it is joined by the Grand Canal from Dublin. 

The Barrow has its rise in the Slieve Bloom mountains, 
and flows S. by Athy, Carlow, and New Ross into Water- 
ford Harbour. Its whole course is about 100 miles, and 
in its progress it receives the Nore and the Suir. It is 
navigable for small vessels from the town of Portarlington 
to the sea. 

The Blackwaier or Broadwater risesin a bog near 
Castle Island, in Kerry, and flowing due E. for about 50 
miles arrives atCappoquin ; thence it turns to the S., and, 
proceeding about 15 miles, falls into the sea at Yougiial 
Bay. It is navigable from the sea to Cappoquin. 



DESCRIPTION OF IRELAND. 303 

The Nore rises in the Slieve Bloom mountains, and 
taking a S. E. course, flows through the central part of 
Kilkenny. It then unites with the Barrow near New 
Ross, from which place to Innistioge it is navigable. 

The Suir rises in the N. E. part of Tipperary, and, 
passing by the town of Clonmell, separates the counties of 
Tipperary and Kilkenny from that of Waterford. In its 
progress it receives the Barrow. It is navigable for small 
vessels from Waterford harbour to Clonmell. 

The Slane, or Sidney, rises in the S. W. corner of 
Wicklow, and, flowing through the counties of Carlow 
and "Wexford, enters the sea at the town of Wexford. 
It is navigable for barges from Wexford to Enniscorthy. 

The Ban, or Banna, rises in the Mourne mountains 
in Down, and soon becomes a stream of considerable size. 
It passes Portadown, where it is joined by the Newry 
canal, and, a short distance further, falls into Lough 
Neagh, after a course of 30 miles. Thence it issues in a 
N. W. direction, dividing the counties of Antrim and 
Londonderry, and enters the sea near Coleraine. Its 
whole course is about 90 miles. 

The Boyne rises in Kildare, and, passing through 
Meath, and along the S. border of Louth, enters the sea 
near Drogheda. Its course is about 50 miles. 

The Foyle flows through the counties of Tyrone, Don- 
negal, and Londonderry ; it passes by the town of Lon- 
donderry, about four miles beyond which it forms a consi- 
derable estuary called Lough Foyle. 

The Liffey is a river of inconsiderable size, but derives 
importance from being that on which the capital of Ire- 
land is situated. It rises in Wicklow, about 10 miles 
from Dublin. 



310 APPENDIX. 

The Bandon rises in the mountains of Carberry, and, 
passing Dunmanway, arrives at Inisheen. After passing 
Bandon it proceeds to Inishannon, near which it becomes 
navigable, and thence to Kinsale. 



CANALS. 






The Grand Canal commences at Dublin, and extends 
to Shannon Harbour, near Banagher. A branch proceeds 
by Portarlington to Athy, where it joins the Barrow. 
The principal use of the Grand Canal is to supply Dublin 
with turf. 

The Royal Canal commences at Dublin, and, passing by 
Mullingar, joins the Shannon near Lanesborough. It 
conveys corn and turf to the capital. 

The Newry Canal, which extends along the W. side of 
Down, connects Carlingford Bay with Lough Neagh, and 
affords a mode of conveyance for fuel from the Tyrone 
Collieries. This Canal is navigable for vessels of 60 
tons. 

LAKES. 

The lakes, or loughs, of Ireland are numerous, and some 
of them extensive. The term Lough is synonymous with 
the Scottish Loch, and is sometimes applied to an estuary, 
or to an inlet of the sea, such as the Foyle, the Swilly, 
Belfast Lough, &c. 

Lough Erne, or Earne, which intersects Fermanagh, is 
the principal fresh- water lake. It is about 30 English 
miles in length, and 12 in the greatest breadth. The 
southern portion is connected with the northern by a nar- 
row outlet about 4 miles in length. 

Lough Neagh, which is 22 miles in length and 12 in 



DESCRIPTION OF IRELAND* 311 

breadth, is situated between the counties of Antrim, Lon- 
donderry, Tyrone, Armagh, and Down. 

Lough Corrib in Galway is 20 miles in length, and from 
2 to 5 in breadth. 

The other lakes of Ireland are Lough Ree, between 
Roscommon and Longford ; Lough Berg^ between Tippe- 
rary and Galway ; the Lakes of Killamey in Kerry, so 
celebrated for their scenery • Lough Allen in Leitrim ; 
Lough Oughter in Cavan ; Lough Conn in Mayo, &c. &c. 

SOIL AND BOGS. 

Ireland does not afford much variety of soil, but the 
prevailing character of the surface is stony. The stones 
which appear on the surface are generally calcareous, but 
do not injure the fertility of the land, its natural quality 
being considered superior to that of England. 

The Bogs of Ireland are said to occupy at least one mil- 
lion of acres. They are generally situated far above the 
level of the sea, and have usually an inequality of surface 
which distinguishes them from the marshes of England. 
Their only produce is heath, bog myrtle, rushes, and 
sedgy grass, which are of little or no use ; but the moss of 
which they consist is employed for fuel and manure. They 
consist of two sorts, black and red bogs ; the former yield- 
ing many ashes on being burnt, and the latter none. 
Various conjectures as to their origin have been made, but 
none have yet appeared satisfactory. 

MOUNTAINS. 

The mountain -chains of Ireland are neither numerous 
nor important ; but the country is divided from the N. E. 
to the S. W. by a ridge which gives rise to several rivers. 
The Irish hills generally form short lines or detached 



312 APPENDIX. 

groups. One group, of considerable elevation, appears on 
the west and south of the Lakes of Killarney, the princi- 
pal of which is Mangerton. A small line of hills extends 
on the N. W. of Bantry Bay, and passes to the E. under 
the name of the Shehy Mountains. To the north of this 
is the line of Sliblogher and Nagles, followed by the Galtee 
mountains ; and towards the E. are those of Knockendown, 
which bend southwards as they approach Dungarvan Bay. 
South of Tralee is a small chain, and to the N. E. of it is 
a small group. These comprise all the mountains of 
Munster. 

In the province of Leinster are Leinster Mountain, the 
Sliebloom range, and the Killure or Wicklow Mountains. 
The last form a group about 30 miles long and 12 broad, 
to the S. of Dublin. 

In the S. E. corner of Ulster are the mountains of 
Mourne, the principal of which is Mount Donard. The 
Slieve Croob range forms the centre of the county of Down, 
and several hills are scattered over the E. portion of An- 
trim. To the N. W. of Lough Neagh are the mountains 
of Carntogher and Slieve Gallon, and N. W. of Lough 
Foyle is Slieve Snaght, from which other lines and groups 
extend towards Lough Erne. 

The eastern portion of Connaught presents but few 
mountains except those of Baughta, but the western side 
is one of the most mountainous regions in Ireland. The 
principal eminences are Mount Nephin in Mayo, Croagh 
Patrick, S. E, of Clew Bay, the Eernamoor Mountains, 
N. of Lough Mask, and the Twelve Pins near Ballina-. 
hinch. 



DESCRIPTION OP IRELAND. 



313 



CIVIL DIVISIONS. 

Ireland is divided into Four Provinces, namely Ulster 
to the north, Connaught to the west, Leinster to the east, 
and Minister to the south ; and these are subdivided into 
thirty-two counties. The counties are again divided into 
252 baronies, and these into 2436 parishes. 

The Province of Ulster comprises the nine Counties of 
Antrim Fermanagh 

Armagh Londonderry 

Cavan Monaghan 

Donnegal Tyrone. 

Down 

The Province of Connaught contains the five Counties 



of 

Galway 




Roscommon. 


Leitrim 
Mayo 




Sligo. 


The Province of 
Counties of 


Leinster 


comprehends the to 


Carlow 




Louth 


Dublin 




Meath 


Kildare 
Kilkenny 
King's County 
Longford 


Queen's County 
West Meath 
Wexford 
Wicklow. 



The Province of Munster comprises the six Counties of 
Clare Limerick 

Cork Tipper ary 

Kerry Waterford. 



2E 



314 APPENDIX, 

ECCLESIASTICAL DIVISIONS. 

Ireland comprises four Archbishopricks and eighteen 

Bishopricks. 

Clogher 

Under the Archbishop of Ar- 
magh, who is styled the Lord 



Derry 

Down and Connor 



Primate and Metropolitan of < Dromore 



all Ireland, are the Bishops 
of 



Kilmore and Ardagh 
Meath 
__ Raphoe. 

Under the Archbishop of Dub- ]„ . , . , v 

v i. • Al /i t -. Ferns and Leighlm 
1m, who is styled the Lord I & 

Primate of Ireland, are the 1 * 

Bishops of j 0ssor y- 

f Cloyne 

Under'the Archbishop of Cashel I _,, , 

are the Bishops of 1 T . . , 

A ! Limerick 

I Waterford and Lismore. 

Under the Archbishop of Tuam J 
are the Bishops of 



< Elphin 



I Killala and Achonry. 

The Catholics have also a hierarchy nearly similar to 
that of the Protestants. 



INDEX. 



Aanmult Castle, 147 

Abbey, 54 

Abbeyfeale, 43 ; account of, 52 

Abbey Leix, 112 

Abbey Odorney, 43 ; ac. of, 53 

Abbey Throwry, 91 

Aehill, Islands of, 248 

Adair, or Adare, 43; Cross, 290 

, ac. of, 51 

Adristan, 282 
Aghaboe, 112; Cross, 292 
Aghadoe, 216 
Aghagower, 273 
Aghavanagh Barracks, 190 
Aghavillar, 148 
Aghinnas, 105 

Aghrim (Galway), 155; ac. of, 156 
! Aghrim (Wieklow), 231, 283, 285 
Aglish, 288 ; ac. of, 288 
Agnew's Hill, 188 
Ahadoe, 110, 242 
Ahascragh, 250 

~— , Cross, 291, 301, 303 

Ahoghill, 127 ; Cross, 291 
Aileach Neid, 236 
Aird Snout, 175 
Allen, 225 

Allen, Hill of, 45, 225 
Allen's Town, Cross, 290 
All Saints Abbey, 239 
Altadore, 277 
Amigan Castle, 51 



Anagh, 228 ' 
Anamoe, 193 
Anketell's Grove, 233 
Anna, Lough, 102 
Annacotty, 48 
Annadorn, 65 
Annagassan, 36 
Annaghbrack, 163 
Annagh Church, 131 
Annalong, 119 ; Cross, 304 
ac. of, 119 



Ann's Grove, 241 

Antrim, 32, 42, 68, 125, 178 

— Cross, 290, 292, 295, 296 bis 

ac. of, 41 



Arbela, 269, 270 

Arbutus Island, 219 

Ardbraccan, 141; Cross, 290 

Ardclinis, 180 

Ardea Castle, 199 

Ardee, 58, 109, 243; ac. of 58 

, Cross, 290, 295, 296 bis, 298, 

304 
Ardfert, 43, 54 ; Cross, 305 

, ac. of, 53 

Ardfinnan, 75 ; Cross, 294 

, ac. of, 83 

Ardglass, Castles of, 226 
Ardkarna Church, 74, 257, 259 
Ardkirk, 242 
Ardmullen Castle, ]Q6 
Ardra, 139 ; Cross, 298 ; ac. of, 145 
2E2 



316 



INDEX. 



Ardrie, 293 
Ardsallagh, 140 
Ardsallas, 153, 227 

, Cross, 297 

, ac. of, 153 

Ardskull, 108 

Arklow, 55, 274, 286 ; Cross, 290 

, ac. of, 277 

Armagh, 56, 58, 59; Cross, 290 bis, 
292 bis, 299, 300, 302, 305 

, ac. of, 56 

Armoy Church, 68 ; ac. of, 70 

Arrow, Lough, 259 

Artane, 240 

Ashborne, 99; ac. of, 99 

Ashbrook, 238 

Ash Hill, 270 

Ash Island, 213 

Ashroe Abbey, 144 

Askeyton, 54 ; Cross, 290 

, ac. of, 54 

Athassel Abbey, 115 
Athboy, 261; Cross, 290 bis 

— , ac. of, 263 

Athcarne Castle, 139 
Athenry, 164 ; Cross, 290, 300 

, ac. of, 168 

Athgoe, 43 

Athleague, Cross, 292, 303 
Athlurany, 141 
Athlone, 60, 164 

; Cross, 290, 297, 301 

-, ac. of, 167 

Athy, 65, 107, 200, 265 

, Crass, 290, 291, 293, 298 

■ , ac. of, 103 

Avondale Park, 285 
Aughadoway Bridge, 122 

Cross, 302 

— , ac. of, 123 

Augher, 232; Cross, 291 $ 
, ac. of, 233 



Aughnacloy, 60, 251 

— , Cross, 291 bis, 292, 

296, 299 

, ac. of, 251 

BagnelPs Arms, Cross, 293 
Bagnell's Bridge, 249, 272 
Baillieborough, 159; ac. of, 159 
, Cross, 290, 291, 293, 

299 
Balbriggan, 60 ; ac. of, 60 
Balcarra, 206 ; Cross, 291, 305 

, ac. of, 207 

Baldungan Castle, 60 
Baldwin's Town, 91, 119, 162 
Balintra. See Ballintra. 
Ball, 204, 248 ; Cross, 291 bis, 297 
— , ac. of, 205 

Ballaghadirreen, 201 ; ac. of, 202 
Ballaghbuy Mountain, 259 
Ballaghmore Castle, 47 
Ballaglmeed Inn, 232 
Ballaghy (Londonderry), 61 

, Cross, 291, 296 ; ac. of, 62 

Ballaghy (Mayo), 202 

, Cross, 291 bis, 293, 305 

Ballaghy (Sligo), 62 
Ballasedere, 257, 264 

; Cross, 291, 304 

, ac. of, 260 

Ballengary, 53 

Balliclare, 63; Cross, 290, 291, 293, 

305: ac.of, 63 
Ballimore, 64 ; Cross, 290 

, ac. of, 64 

Ballina, 201 ; Cross, 291, 293, 304 

, ac. of, 203 

Ballinabola Castle, 147 
Ballinacargy, 265 ; Cross, 299 
Ballinafad, 74, 257, 264; ac. of, 259 
Ballinafat, 202 
Ballinafinchogue, 192 
Ballinagar, 157, 170 ; Cross, 303 



INDEX, 



317 



Ballinagar, ac. of, 171 
Ballinahinch (Galway), 253 
Ballinahown, Cross, 297 
Ballinakill (Galway), 253 
Ballinakill (Queen's County), 65, 

200; ac.of 65 
Ballinalack, 257 ; ac. of, 257 
Ballinamana Castle, 223 
Ballinamore, 169; Crow, 292, 301, 

303 ; ac. of 169 
Ballinanaght, 261, 263 
, Cross, 291, 293, 296, 

297 
Ballinasloe, 155, 164 

—, Cross, 291, 303, 304 

, ac. of, 167 

Ballinaspeg, 88 
Ballincolly, 221 ; ac. of 221 
Ballindaggin, 67; ac. of 67 
Ballinderry, 42 ; Cross, 299 

, ac. of 42 

Ballindine, 67 ; Cross, 297 
Ballindinny Castle, 83 
Ballindown Abbey, 259 
Ballindrait, 146 
Ballingarry, Cross, 294, 303 
Ballingown, 48 
Ballinlaw Ferry, 272 
Ballinlough, 204, 248 ; Cross, 296 

, ac. of 204 

Ballinlough (Seat), 263 
Ballinrobe, 66, 67, 273 
1 Cross, 291, 292, 293 bis, 



297 



-, ac. of, 66 



Ballintobec Abbey, 67 
Ballintogher, Cross, 294, 301 
Ballintoy, 179 ; Cross, 292, 300 

, ac. of, 183 

Ballintra, 68, 139 ; Cross, 304 

, ac. of, 144 

Ballintobber, Cross, 304 



Ballintubber, 273 
Ballyalenan Castle, 52 
Ballyarthur, 278 ; Cross, 290 
Ballybay, 243; Cross, 293, 295, 302 

, ac. of, 244 

Ballybeg Castle, 114 
Ballybofey, 68, 153 

, Cross, 291, 295, 304 bis 

, ac. of, 153 „ 

166 



Ballyboghill, 138 
Ballyboro, 159 
Ballyboughbridge, 194 
Ballyboy, 102, 163, 172 ; Cross, 301 

, ac. of, 102 

Ballybrittas Castle, 46 
Ballybur Castle, 82 
Ballyburris. See Bm*ris. 
Ballycanoe, 274 

Ballycarry, 179, 185; ac. of, 186 
Ballyearthy, 270 
Ballycashedy, Cross, 297 
Ballycastle, 68, 72, 179 
, Cross, 291 bis, 292, 295, 



297, 300 



-, ac. of, 70 



Ballyekevoge Castle, 149 
Ballyclare. See Balliclare. 
Ballyconnel, 264 ; Cross, 291 

— , ac. of, 264 

Ballycumber, 155; ac. of, 155 
Ballydore, 268 
Ballydrain, 96 
Ballydugan House, 101 
Ballyellan Castle, 271 
Bally Ellen, 79 
Bally England Castle, 54 
Ballyfax, 76 
Ballyfin House, 47 
Bailyforan, 206 
Ballygawly, 251, 252 

) Cross, 291, 296 

2E3 



318 



INDEX. 



Ballygawly, ac. of, 251 
Ballygelly Promontory, 189 
Ballyglashin Castle, 82 
Ballygriffin, 241 
Ballyhalbert, Cross, 303 
Bally haunis, 204, 248; ac. of, 204 
Ballyhays, 293 Ms, 299 
Ballyheigh Bay, 53 
Ballyholme Bay, 137 
Ballyhooly, 241 

Bally James Duff, 139; ac. of, 142 
Ballykeal Castle, 54 
Ballykelly, Cross, 291, 300, 302 
Ballyket, 228, 229 
Ballylaghan, 201 ; ac. of, 203 
Ballylaghan Castle, 79 
Ballyleidy House, 136 
Ballylongford, 54 ; ac. of 55 
Ballymacarret, 96 
Ballymack, 82 
Ballymaopatrick Castle, 85 
Ballymahon, near Athlone, 167 
Ballymahon (Longford), 201, 204 

1 Cross, 291, 

297, 298 

, ac. of, 201 

Ballymalony, 196, 197 
Ballymanlagh, 112 ; ac. of, 116 
Ballymanus, 285 

Ballymascanlan, 249 ; ac. of, 249 
Ballymegarry, 235 
Ballymena, 68, 72, 73 

, Cross, 291, 292 

, ac. of, 69 

Ballymoe, Cross, 296, 298 
Ballymoney, 99, 125, 178 

; Cross, 291 bis, 292, 302 

■ , ac. of, 126 

Ballimore, Cross, 298, 301 
Ballimore Church, 147 ; Cross, 300 
Ballymore Eustace, 281 
Ballymoreen, 112; acof, 113 



Ballymorn, 79 
Ballymort, 54 
Ballymote, 74 
Ballymoyer Lodge, 245 
Ballymullalon, 206 
Ballymullarfc Church, 297 
Ballymulry, 201 
Ballymurry, 62, 255 ; ac of 6 
Ballymurtagh, 285 
Ballyna, 206 
Ballynaganny, 261 
Ballynahinch (Down), 64, 249 

, Cross, 

294, 295, 298, 301 



-, ac. of, 



Ballynakill. See Ballinakill. 
Ballynakill Castle, 113 
Ballynamana Castle. See Balii- 

namana Castle. 
Ballynamona, Cross, 295 bis 
Ballynamore, 206 
, Cross, 291, 292, 299 



, ac. of, 206 

Ballyneety, Cross, 295 
Ballynure, 63, 189, 190 

Cross, 297, 305 



Ballyoughter, 265 
Ballypatrick, 82 
Ballyporeen, 84, 222 
Ballyragget, 200 : Cross, 298 bis 
Ballyroan, 112, 267, 268 
ac. of, 112 



Ballyseedy, 270 
Ballyshannon, 139 ; Cross, 304 
■— , ac. of 144 



Ballyshannon (Seat), 76 
Ballyspellan, 113 
Ballyteig Bay, 162 
Ballyvacadane, 89 
Ballyvary, Cross, 293 
Baliyvelly Castle, 88 
Ballyvourney, 199, 222 



INDEX. 



319 



Ballywalter, Cross, 303 
Bally william, 134 
Ballywire, 245 ; Cross, 302 
Balruddery, 32, 138.; ac. of, 33 
Baltimore, 75; ac. of, 91 
Baltinglass, 280 ; ac. of, 282 
Baltug Castle, 249 
Balybeg, 285 
Baly-E.couen Castle, 171 
Balylin, 156 
Balynunnery, 282 
Balytore, 76; Cross, 305 
Banagher, 157, 170 ; Cross, 292 

— , ac. of, 172 

Banagher Church, 237; ac. of, 237 
Banbridge, 32, 99 ; Cross, 292, 303 

, ac. of, 40 

Eandon, 75; Cross, 292, 299, 301 

, ac. of 89 

Bangan Castle, 150 
Bangor, 136 ; Cross, 297, 298 

, ac. of, 136 

Bannow, 91 ; ac. of, 91 
Bantry, 92 ; ac. of, 92 
Barber's Town Castle, 225 

| , Cross, 301 

Barmeath, 36 
Barntick, 227 
Baron's Court, 234 
Baronston, 111 
Baron's Town, 266 
Barrastown, 92 
Barry, 265, 266 
Barryraore Island, 88 
Baunboy, 261 ; ac. of, 263 
Bay Lodge, 180 
Beal Castle, 55 
Beannabeola, 253 
Beardiville, 174 
Bearhaven, 93 
Beaufort Lodge, 238 
Bective Abbey, 262 



Beechhill, 238 

Beg, Lough, 62 

Beggar's Bridge, 164, 166 

Beggar's Inn, 113 

Belan, 76 

Belanagar, 201 ; ac. of 202 

Belcamp, 240 

Belfast, 93, 99 bis; Cross, 292 bis 

296, 293 
, ac. of, 96 



Belfast Lough, 185 
Belgriffin, 240 
Bellahill, 186 
Bellamont Forest, 159 
Belldoyle.' See Bulldoyle. 
Belleek (Mayo), 201 ; ac. of, 203 
Belleek Town (Fermanagh), 139 

, (j rosSi 292, 297, 302 

— , ac. of, 143 



Belle Green, 128 

Belleisle, 179 

Belleview, 276 

Belle w, 139 

Belline, 148 

Bellinter, 140 

Belline, 143, 153 

Bellmont, 78 

Bellurgan Hill, 38 

Bellurgan Park, 249 

Belturbet, 158 ; ac. of, 158 

Belvidere, 32 

Belvoir, 250 

Benbradagh Mountain, 237 

Benburb, 237 

Bengore Head, 177 

Benmore, 71 

Bennet's Bridge, 147 

Bessborough, 148 

Bevrac Mount, 35 

Birmingham, 206 

Birr,102,255 ; Cross, 2926^,294304 

Birr, ac. of, 102 



320 



INDEX. 



Bishop's Court, 43 
Black Abbey, 135 
Blackbank, 56 ; ac. of, 56 
Black Bull Inn, 139, 261, 276 

. , Cross, 292 bis, 299 

Black Hall Castle, 76 

Black Lion, 243 

Black Mills, 164 

Blackrock (Cork), 88 

Blackrock (Dublin), 103 bis, 104, 

236 ; ac. of, 286 
Black Stairs, 283 
Blackwaterfoot, 61 
Blackwater Island, 125 
Blackwater Town, 122, 147, 237 

, Cross, 305 

: a c. of, 237 

Blane Castle, 48 
Blarney Castle, 88 
Blasques, 132 
Blenerville, 269 
Blessington, 280 ; ac. of, 281 
Bonamargey, Abbey of, 71? 18-2 
Booterstown, 286 
Borlieen, Cross, 295 
Borres Castle, 78 
Bovaugb Bridge, 124 

Castle (ruin), 123 

Castle (seat), 124 

Boyle, 74, 257, 264; Cross, 292 bis 

, ac. of, 259 
Brackenstown, 138 
Bracktown Inn, 131 ; Cross, 298 
Braeface, The, 123 
Braganstown, 242 ; Cross, 296 
Bray, 103 Ms, 274, 286 ; ac. of, 275 
Bray Head, 275 
Breafy, 205 
Bremore Castle, 60 
Bridgetown (Clare), 196, 232 
Bridgetown (Wexford), 119 
Bridgetown Abbey, 241 



Brigowne, 223 
Brittas, 163 
Broadford, 196, 197 
Broghill Castle, 172 
Brooksborough, 294 bis 
Broughshare, 117 ; Cross, 291, 292 

, ac. of, 117 

Brown Hall, 144 

Brown Island, 210 

Browne Hill, 78 

Bruce's Castle, 184 

Bruff, Cross, 292, 295, 299, 300 

Bryan's Ford, 227 ; ac. of, 227 

Buan-rath, 50 

Buck House Inn, 265 

Bulldoyle, 194 ; ac. of, 194 

Bull, Cow and Calf, 93 

Bullock, 104; ac. of, 104 

Bull Point, 184 

Buly, 183 

Buncraggy, 227 

Bunratty Castle, 154 

Burnham Castle, 132 

Burnt Island, 212 

Burren, 155 

Burris, 160, 161, 249, 272 

Cross, 297 

Burrisakane, Cross, 302 
Burriscarra, 273 
Burrosaleigh, 104 

, Cross, 293, 294, 302 

_ , ac. of, 104 

Burros in Ossory, 43 

, Cross, 292, 296 

-, ac. of, 47 

Burton Hall, 77 
Bushbank, 73 
Bush Mills, 173, 178 

, Cross, 291, 292, 300 

, ac. of, 174 

Butler's Bridge, 139, 142, 158 
Buttevant,223; Cross, 295, 300 
Cabinteely, 103, 286 



INDEX, 



321 



Cabragh, 246 
Cabragh Castle, 127 
Caghryariff, 228 ; Cross, 298 

, ac. of, 228 

Caherdriny, 223 

Cahir, 128 ; Cross, 294, 305 

, ac. of, 128 

Cahirconlish, Cross, 294, 305 
Cahir-Morres, Cross, 292, 293 bis, 

294 
Cahirnane, or Cairnane, 214 
Cairnanie, 73 
Cairn an Truagh, 182 
Cairncastle Church, 179, 185, 189 

, ac. of, 189 

Cairnhill, 127 

Cairnlough, 179; Cross, 29/, 300 

— -, ac. of, 179 

Cairn Tierna, 85 

Caledon, 105; Cross, 292, 296 

, ac. of, 105 

Caledon Hill, 105 
Callaghan's Mill, 196 
Callahill, 158, 264 ; Cross, 291 
Callan Mountain, 154 
Callen, 75 ; Cross, 293, 297 

, ac. of, 82 

Callidon, 60 ; Cross, 299 
Caltragh, 169, 250 
Calverstown, 76 
Camolin, 279 
Camus, 234 
Cancora, 197 
Cangor Castle, 103 
Canna Island, 227 
Caolin, Lough, 72 
Cappo, 54 
Cappoge Hill, 166 
Cappoquin, 129, 160, 242, 289 

, Cross, 294, 306 

— , ac. of, 129 

Carberry, Cross, 292, 294, 302 



Carigacushen, 247 
Carigrohan Castle, 89 
Carlanstown, Cross, 296, 298\. 302 
Carlingford, 105, 249 

, Cross, 290, 292 

, ac. of, 105 

Carlow, 75, 106 ; Cross, 293 bis 

-, ac. of, 77 

Carmoney, 63, 72, 189 ; Cross, 293 

, ac. of, 72 

Carna, Lough, 207 
CarncastleChurch. See Cairncastle 
Carnew, 107; Cross, 294 \ 

ac. of, 107 

Carnteel, Cross, 291 
Carran Tual, 217 
Carrickabrick Castle, 85 
Carrick a Rede, 184 
Carrick Castle, 280 
Carrickduff, 283 
Carrickfergus, 179, 185 ; 

— , Cross, 296 

— — , ac. of, 185 

Carrickfergus Bay, 185 
Carrickmacross, 109, 243 

_ 9 Cross, 296 bis 

- t ac , of, 244 

Carrick on Shannon, 107, 257 

, Cross, 304, 305 

? ac . f, 258 

Carrick on Suir, 107 bis, 147 

, Cross, 298, 305 

■ ac. of, 148 

Carrigafouky, 222 
Carriganoura, 223 
Carrigans, 232, 235 ; Cross, 304 
Carrigfoile Castle, 55 
Carrignaconny, 241 
Carrigneneelogh, Cross, 300 
Carrigtohill, Cross, 306 
Carton, 165 
Cash, Cross, 293, 297 



322 



INDEX. 



Cashell, 109; Cross, 293 bis, 294, 

298,299, 305; ac. of, 114 
Castlebar, 204, 206, 248 

— , Cross, 293 bis, 303, 304 bis 

, ac. of, 205 

Castle Bellew, 250 

Castle Bellingham, 32 ; ac. of, 36 

Castle Bernard, 89 

Castle Blakeney, 169 

Castleblaney, 58, 109, 242 

, Cross, 293, 302 ] 

■ , ac. of, 59 

Castle Blunden, 82 

Castle Browne, 225 

Castle Caldwell, 143 

Castle Carbery, 170; ac. of 170 

Castle Carey, 180 

Castle Carra, 181 

Castle Carrigan, Cross, 292, 299 

Castle CauMeld,252; Cross, 291 bii 

, ac. of 252 

Castle Chichester, 188 

Castle Comer, 107, 200 ; Cross, 298 

, ac. of 108 

Castle Connell, 232 

Castle Connell Spa, 48 

Castle Connough, 130 

Castlecoole, 143 

Castle Coonagb, 129 

Castle Cor, 201 

Castle Cuffe, 163 

Castledermot, 75; ac. of 76 

Castle Dillon, 245 

Castle Dobbs, 186 

Castle Durrow, 113 

Castle Eglish, 102 

Castle Ellis, 279 

Castlefin, 153 ; Cross, 295, 304 

■ , ac. of 153 

Castle Fish, 76 
Castle Freke, 90 
Castle French, 169 



Castle Garden, 150 

Castle Gosford,5$ 

Castle Grace, 83 

Castle Guard, 58 

Castle Hacket, 193; ac. of, 193 

Castle Hamilton, 263 

Castle Hill, 136 

Castle Howard, 285 

Castle Hume, 158 

Castle Hyde, 85, 223 

Castle Inch, 82 

Castle Island, 199 ; Cross, 295, 300 

Castle Island (Kerry), 269 

Castle Jane, 116 

Castle Kieran, 142 

Castle Knock, 261; ac. of 262 

Castlelacken, Cross, 298 

Castle Laghan, 109; ac. of, 109 

Castle Lough, 213 

Castle Lough Bay, 213 

Castle Lyons, 110; ac. of, 110 

Castle M'Garret, 68 

Castlemain, Cross, 293, 298 

Castle Martin, 75, 76 

Castle Martyr, 110; Cross, 296, 306 

— , ac. of 110 

Castle Mary, 121 
Castle Morres, 148 
Castle Moyle, 206 
Castle Navan, 64 
Castle Plunket, 204, 248 
Castle Pollard, 111 

. , Cross, 293 bis, 301 

-, ac. of 111 



Castle Rath, 249 
Castlereagh, 62, 204, 248 

, Cross, 293 bis, 304 

, ac, of, 204 

Castle Richard, 130 
Castle Roche, 242 ; Cross, 301 
Castle Ryland, 282 
Castle Saffron, 223 



INDEX, 



323 



Castle Saunderson, 142 
Castle-Shane, 232/242 ; Cross, 299 
Castle Talbot, 279 
Castletown (Cork), 110, 242 
Castletown (Seat in Kildare), 224 
Castletown (Queen's Co.), 43 

, ac. of, 47 

Castletown, near Dundalk, 37 
Castletown Delvin, 111 ; Cross, 290 

, acof, 111 

Castletown Park, 164 

Castletown Roche, 241 ; Cross, 297 

Castle Townshend, 91 

Castle Troy, 48 

Castle Upton, 74 

Castle Ward, 134 

Castle Warden, 43 

Castlewellan, 64, 99, 134, 226 

, Cross, 296, 302 

, ac. of, 99 

Castle Wood, 113 
Cavan, 111,139 

- , Cross, 290, 291, 293 bis, 294, 

295, 296, 297, 299 
, ac. of, 142 



Cave Hill, 98 

Celbridge, 224 ; ac. of, 224 

Chancellor's Town, 83 

Chapel Izod, 164 ; ac. of, 164 

Chapelmidway, 243 

Charlemont, 112, 124, 147, 173, 237, 

244; Cross, 300 ; ac. of, 122 
Charlestown, 59 
Charleville, 112 

, Cross, 294, 295, 301, 303 

, ac. of, 116 

Charleville (seat), 284 
Charter School, Royal, 1 94 
Church Bay, 184 
Church Hill, 139; ac. of, 143 
Church Mountain, 281 
Churchtown, 231 ; ac, of, 231 



Claddagh Castle, 207 

Clady, 237, 238; Cross, 300, 305 

Claine, 224 ; Cross, 294, 301, 302. 

, ac. of 225 

Clanduff Church, 304 
Clanebuy Castle, 1 35 
Clara, 155; acof 155 
Clare (Armagh), Cross, 290 
Clare (Clare), 153, 227; Cross, 29 

— , ac. of, 154 

Clare (Mayo), Cross, 305 
Clare Abbey, 154 
Clare Castle (Armagh), 254 
Clare Castle (Clare), 154 
Clare Galway, Cross, 294 bis, 297 
Clear, Cape, 91 
Clentribet Church, 242 
Clermont House, 36 
Clew Abbey, 248 
Clifden, 150 
Clifton, 228 
Cliggin, Lough, 184 
Clinish Island, 158 
Clocken Stooken, 180 
Clodagh Castle, 222 
Clogh (Antrim), 72 ; Cross, 291, 292 
Clogh (Down), 134, 226; Cross, m 
Clogh (Wexford), 279 
Cloghan, 153, 157, 170; ac. of, 172 
Cloghaneeley, 146 
Cloghanlea, Cross, 299 
Clogheen, 75, 128 ; Cross, 294 bis 
ac. of, 83 



Clogher, 1 18 ; Cross, 294 bis 

, ac. of, 118 

Clogh Mills, 72 ; Cross, 292 

-, ac. of, 73 

Clogharney Church, Cross,[2%, 303 

bis 
Cloghereen, 214 
Clogher Head, Cross, 295 
Cloghnakilty, 75; Cross, 294 



324 



INDEX. 



Cloghnakilty, ac. of, 90 
Cloghran, 33 
Clogrennan Lodge, 79 
Clohaman Castle, 282 
Clonakinny, Cross, 292 
Clonan, or Clonyn, 111 
Clonard, 164 ; ac. of, 166 
Clonard Bridge, Cross, 294, 305 
Clonard Church, Cross, 303 
Clonatin, 279 
Clonbrock, 250 
Clonbullock, Cross, 302, 305 
Cloncurry, 164 ; Cross, 294 

, ac. of, 166 

Clondalkin, 43 
Clondrohid, 222 
Clondumales Chapel, 187 
Clone, 285 
Clonee, 261, 262 
Cloneen, Cross, 297 
Clonegall, 280, 283 ; ac. of, 282 
Clonegowan, 224, 226 

, Cross, 301, 303 

Clones, 159; Cross, 293, 294, 301 

, ac. of, 160 

Clonfeckle, 237 

Clonkeen, 109, 243, 244 ; Cross, 293 

Clonlost, Cross, 301 

Clonmacnoise, 155 

Clonmell, 75, 118 

, Cross, 294 bis, 305 



-, ac. of, 82 



Clonmellon, 238, 261 ; ac. of, 263 

Clonmines, 91, 119, 162 ; ac. of, 119 

Clonmore, 79 

Clonmulsh Church, 249, 272 

Clonnish. Castle, 160 

Clononaslee, 163 ; ac. of, 163 

Clonroeh, 273 

Clontarf Sheds, 194 

Clontarf Town, 194; ac. of, 194 

Clonth'iskart Abbey, 63 



Cloonagh, 206 

Cloonales, 204 

Clongh (Antrim), 68 ; ac. of, 69 

Clough (Down), 64, 99, 119 

, ac. of 100 

Clough Church, 272 
Cloughleagh Castle, 84 
Clover Hill (Antrim), 179 
Clover Hill (Londonderry), 123 
Clover Hill (Roscommon), 63 

, Cross, 304 

Cloyne, 121 ; Cross, 294, 295 

, ac. of, 121 

Cluancagh, 52 

Cluau Castle, 148 

Coach and Horses Inn, 154 

Coagh, 124, 173; Cross, 304 

Coal Island, 122 

Coalyclare, Cross, 293 

Coarse Island, 213 

Colehill, 265, 266 ; Cross, 294 

Coleman's Leap, 219 

Coleraine, 122, 125, 12G, 173 

, Cross, 291 bis, 292, 



294, 
295, 299, 300, 303 

, ac. of, 123 

Colin Mountain, 63 
Collon, 58 

, Cross, 293, 294 bis, 295, 304 

ac. of, 53 



Colooney, 257, 264 

, Cross, 291, 294, 301 

, ac. of, 260 

Coltrain Church, 294 bis 
Comme Duff, Valley of, 217 
Compass Hill, 230 
Cong, 66 

Conlyclare, 228, 229 
Coun, Lough, 203 
Cannell Abbey, 44 
Connemara, 252 
Connor, 72,73; ac. of, 72 



INDEX, 



325 



Connor Castle, 203 
Cohvamore, 85 
Convoy, Cross, 304, 305 
Cooks town, 237, 244 
, Cross, 294, 



295, 302, 



303, 304 



-, ac. of, 246 



Cool Castle, 155 
Cooldross, 276 
Coolgreny, 278 
Coolnakenny, 43 ; ac. of, 52 
Coolock, 240 
Cootehill, 127, 159 

, Cross, 291, 293, 295, 299 

, ac. of, 159 

Copeland Isles, 133, 185 
Cor Castle, 264 
Corcreagh, 58, 59 
Cork, 75, 129 

, Cress, 295 bis, 296, 306 Ms 

, ac. of, 86 

Cork, Cove of, 83 

Cork Beg, 89 

Coronery, 159 

Corrib, Lough, 66, 168, 193 

Corrofin, 228 ; Cross, 297 

, ac. of, 228 

Cove, 230 ; Cross, 295 
Court, 54 

Courtferry Castle, 54 
Courtmacsherry, 230 
Courtown, 279 
Cow Island, 213 
Cradockstown, 44 
Cragane Castle, 116 
Craghwell Bridge, 170 
Craig a Huller, 124 
Craigbilly, 117 ; ac. of 117 
Craigbrien, 227 
Craigtown Inn, 137 
Cranagh. Cliff, 181 
Creagli Church, 167 
2F 



CrebillyHill,69 
Creely, Cross, 299 
Creg Castle, 85 
Croagh Patrick, Hill of, 274 
Croghan Hill, 171 
Croghan Mountain, 278 
Cromiglaun, 220 
Cronebane, 285 
Cross, The, 237, 238 
Crossakeel, Cross, 296, 301 bis 
Crossdony, 261 ; Cross, 294, 295 
Cross Ferry, Cross, 302 
Cross-Keys, 238 ; Cross, 301 

, ac. of, 238 

Crossmaliney, 204, 206; Cross, 293 

, ac. of, 206 

Cross Roads, 295 

Cross Roads, or Grosborough. Inn, 

232 
Cross Roads near Florence Court, 

261,264; Cross, 291 
Cross Roads near Newtown Barry, 

299 
Crotto, 43 ; ac. of, 53 
Crow Head, 93 
Crow Islet, 213 
Cruach a Crue, 180 
Cruaghmore, 183 
Crumlin, 42 ; ac. of, 42 
Crusheen, 155, 157; Cross, 299 
Cubo House, 172 
Culloville, 242 
Cullyhill Castle, 113 
Culmore Fort, 235 
Cultra, 136 
Cumber, 99, 249 ; Cross, 292 

, ac. of, 101 

Curragha, 243 
Curraghmore, 152 
Cushendali, 130, 179; ac. of, 181 
Cushendun, 179 ; ac. of, 181 
Daisv Hill, 137 



32G 



INDEX- 



Dalkey, 131 ; ac. of 131 

Daly's Bridge, 261, 263 

Dangan, 198, 252, 266 

Darby's Garden, 212 

Dardistown Bridge, 138 

Dargle, Glen of the, 284 

Darien's Bridge, 261 

Dawson's Bridge, 61; ac.of, 62 

Dawson's Court, 46 

Dawson's Grove (Armagh), 254 

Dawson's Grove (Cavan), 159 

Dawson's Grove (King's Co.), 226 

Deel Castle, 204 

Delgany, 276 

Delville, 138 

Derg Bridge, 293 

Derg, Lough, 145, 19? 

Derivaragh, 257 

Derry. See Londonderry. 

Derrybrian, Cross, 303 

Derrybaun, 192 

Derry Castle, 197 

Derry Cunihy, 220 

Derryleagh Castle, 48 

Dervock, 178 ; Cross, 291 bis, 295 bis 

, ac of, 178 

Desart, 82 

Desart Church, 92 ; Cross, 302 
Desartcreat, 246 
Desartmartin, 122 ; Cross, 295 

^ _ ? ac . of, 123 

Devenish Island, 159 
Devil's Castle, 55 
Devil's Glen, 193, 276 
Devil's Island, 213 
Devil's Punch Bowl, 213, 215 
Devil's Stream, 213 
Devis Mountain, 98 
Dingle, 131 ; Cross, 293, 298 

— , ac. of, 131 

Dinis Island, 213 

Poagb, 72 ; Cross, 290, £93 ? 297 



Doagh, ac. of, % 

Donadea Castle, 165 ; Cross, 294 

Donaghadee, 132, 134, 136 

• — , Cross, 298, 303 

1 ac# f t ]32 

Donaghcloney, 32 ; ac. of, 40 
Donaghedy Church, Cross, 305 
Donaghmore (Meath), 141 
Donaghmore (Tyrone), 251 

, Cross, 295, 303 

Donamon Castle, 63 
Donegore Moat, 74 
Doneraile, 222 ; Cross, 295 bis 

, ac. of, 223 

Donnegal, 139 ; Cross, 295 

, ac. of 144 

Donnybrook, 274 ; ac, of, 275 

Donnycarney, 240 

Donore, 257 

Donough, 139, 143, 159; ac. of, 16 

s Cross, 294 Mi, 301 

Donoughmore, 278 
Doonane, 108 
Doonas, 232 
Doon Point, 184 
Doudstown, 139, 246 
Dough, 63 

Douglas, Cross, 295 
Douglas Bridge, 232, 234 
Douth, or Dowth, 243 
Down. See Doivnpatrick 
Downgate Rock, Cross, 302 
Down Hill, 137 
Downpatrick, 99, 134, 138 

, Cross, 295, 298 bis 

, ac. of, 100 

Draper's Hill, 59 
Drew's Town, 263 
Drienlin Bridge, 256 
Drogheda, 32, 99, 138 

, Cross, 290 bis, 295 bis- 

296, 302 bis 



INDEX. 



327 



Drogheda, ac, of, 34 
Drimnakill Mountain, 182 
Drishane Castle, 222 
Droraaleague, 92 
Droincoo, 143 
Dromehome Church, 144 
DromiUy, 244, 245 
Dromoland, 154 
Dromore, 93, 193, 249 

, Cross, 296, 302, 303, 304 

bis 

-, ac. of, 94 



; Drooping Mountain, 220 

Droughlone Lough, 127 
| Drum (Galway). See Drumcong. 
; Drum (Monaghan), 159 ; ac. of, 159 
| Drumahair, Cross, 294, 296, 301 

Drumasnave, 257, 253 
, Drumbo Castle, 153 

Drumcannon Church, Cross, 305 

Drumcullacher, Cross, 301 

Drumcondra, 32; Cross, 293, 294 

, ac. of, 32 

Drumcong, 252 

Drumcree, 253 

Drumgoff Barracks, 192 

Drumkeern, Cross, 296 

Drumlaghdad Hill, 256 

Drummore Church, Cross, 297 

Drummote, 257, 258 

Druranasole, 179 

Drumswords, 159 

Duck Island, 219 

Dublin, Situation and Extent of, 1 ; 
Corporation of, 2 ; Police, 3 ; 
Castle, 3; University, or Trinity 
College, 5 ; Statue of William 
III., 7; Bank of Ireland, 7; 
Royal Exchange, 8 ; Commercial 
Buildings, 9 ; Corn Exchange, 9 ; 
Post Office, 10 ; Nelson's Monu- 
ment, 10 ; Rotunda, U j Custom 



House, 11; Four Courts, 12; 
King's Inns, 13; Dublin Society's 
House, 13; Theatre Royal, 14; 
Mansion House, 15 ; Linen and 
Yarn Hall, 15 ; Sessions' House, 
15 ; Stamp Office, 16 ; Phoenix 
Park, 16 ; Royal Barracks, 17 ; 
Squares, 17 ; Bridges, 18 ; Pro- 
testant Churches, 19 ; Roman 
Catholic Chapels, 23; Meeting 
Houses, 24 ; Convents and Nun- 
neries, 24 ; Literary Societies, 
26 ; Medical and Surgical Insti- 
tutions, 27 ; Hospitals, 28 ; Pri- 
sons, Houses of Correction, &c. 
30 ; Manufactures, 31 ; Hotels, 
31 

DuiFrey Hall, Cross, 297 

Duleek, 99, 139 ; ac. of, 139 

Dumacreen, 67 

Dunaghy, 237, 244, 246 ; Cross, 303 

Dunalty Castle, 48 

Dunamase Castle, 46 

Dunanore Castle, 91 

Dunbeg, 228 

Dunboyne, 262 ; Cross, 299 

Dunbrody Abbey, 162 

Duncannon Fort, 162 

Duncearma Castle, 230 

Dun Clanamourne, 181 

Duncormack, 91, 162 

Dunda Castle, 222 

Dundalk, 32 ; Cross 290, 2% bis 

, ac. of, 36 

Dundarene Castle, 89 

Dunderry Bridge, 198 

Dundonald, 132 

Dundrum (Down), 100, 119, 22/ 

, Cross, 304 

— , ac. of, 120 



Dundrum (Dublin), 231, 283 
— — — , ac. of, 283 

2F2 



328 



INDEX. 



Dundrum (Tipperary), 268 
Dunfanaghy, 139, 146 

, Cross, 299, 300 

, ac. of, 146 

Dungannon, 147, 237, 244 

■ , Cross, 291 bis, 292,296 



bis, 303 



ac. of, 245 



Dungarvan, 147, 149, 152 

, Cross, 294, 296 

, ac. of, 149 

Dungarvan Church, 150 
Dungiven, 237; Cross, 296 bis, 300 

, ac. of, 237 

Dunglo, 139, 153, 256 ; ac. of, 145 

Dunkerrin, 48 

Dunkerry Cave, 175 

Dunlavan, Cross, 296 

Dunleary, 229 

Dunleckney, 249, 272 ; Cross, 299 

Dunleer, 32, 239 

, Cross, 294, 296 Us 

, ac. of, 35 

Dunloe Castle, 217 
Dunloe Gap, 217 
Dunluce Castle, 178, 254 
Dun Mace. See Dunamase. 
Dunmanus Bay, 93 
Dunmanway, 92; Cross, 294 

, ac. of, 92 

Dunmaul Fort, 179 
Dunmayne, 244 
Dunmore (Down), 65 
Dunmore (Galway), 67 

, Cross, 291, 296, 297, 305 

, ac. of, 67 

Dunmore (Waterford), 152 
Dunmore Head, 132 
Dunmore Palace, 82 
Dunmow Castle, 141 
Dunnenaught, 245 
Dunran Glen, 2'/6 



Dunsandle, 168 
Dunsany Castle, 140 
Dunseverick Castle, 183 
Dunshaughlin, 139 ; ac. of, 140 
Dunsink, 262 
Dunymanagh, Cross, 305 
Durrow, 112, 267, 268 

, Cross, 292, 296 bis, 298 

, ac. of, 112 



Dursay Island, 93 
Dyon, Cross, 296 
Dysent, 206 
Eagle Island, 219 
Eagle's Nest, 219 
Edenderry, 170 

, Cross, 294, 302, 305 

, ac. of, 170 

Edgeworth's Town, 257 

,Cross, 291, 296 

bis, 297 



, ac. of, 258 

Eglish, 102, 255; Cross, 296 

, ac. of, 102 

Elm Grove, 270 

Elphin, 264; Cross, 304, 305 

, ac. of, 264 

Elton, 116 

Emlafad, 74 

Emly, 115 

Emo Inn, 43 ; ac. of, 46 

Emo Park, 226 

Emy Vale, 232 ; ac. of, 233 

Ennis, 153, 157, 196 

, Cross, 297 Ms, 305 

, ac. of, 154 

Ennisbofine, Island of, 253 
Enniscorthy, 2?2, 280, 283, 286 

, Cross, 297, 302 

, ac. of, 287 

Enniscrone Church, Cross, 304 
Enniskeel Church, Cross, 299 
Enniskerry, 231, 283 ; ac.of, 284 



INDEX, 



329 



Euniskill, Island of, 145 
Enniskillen, 139, 157, 158 

, Cross, 291, 295, 297, 

299,301,303 

-, ac. of, 143 



Ennisnag Castle, 147 
Ennistioge. See Inistioge* 
Erigill Church, 232 
Erne, Lough, 143, 15S 
Errois, 158 
Erry Castle, 155 
Esk, Lough, 68, 144 
Esknamucky Cascade, 220 
Esky Bridge, Cress, 291, 304 
Estochar Bridge, 181 
Eve Castle, 82 
Everog Bridge. Cross, 298 
Eyrecourt, 157, 170; Gross, 292 

, ac. of, 172 

Eyrecourt Castle, 173 
Fair Head, 71 
Fair View, 194, 240 
Falkland, 232, 233 
Farmhill, 245 
Farmly, 82 
Farmoyle, 253 
Farnham, 142 
Fearbane, 155; Cross, 297 

, ac. of, 155 

Feltrim, 33 

Fenner, 113 

Fenough, 79 

Fenough Church, 293 

Fermoy, 75, 160, 241 ; Cross, 297 

, ac. of, 84 

Ferns, 272, 286 ; ac.of^l 
Ferrit Island, 54 
Ferriter's Islands, 132 
Ferrybank (Kilkenny), 150 
Ferrybank (Londonderry), 236, 237 
Ferry near Portaferry, 134 
Fertagh, US 



Fethard (Tipperary), 118 

, Cross, 293, 297 

, ac. of, 118 

Fethard (Wexford), 160 

, ac. of, 162 

Fews, The, 59 

Fhirleath, 71 

Finae, 238 ; Cross, 293 ; ac. of, 238 

Finglass, 243 ; ac. of, 243 

Fin, Lough, 153 

Fintona, Cross, 303 

Fin Town, 153 ; Cross, 291 

, ac. of, 153 

Firmount, Cross, 295,297 
Five Mile Town, 294 bis 
Florence Court, 264 
Flower Hill, 255 
Foaran Path, 180 
Fonthill, 79 

Fooksmill, 272 ; Cross, 302 
Fore, or Fowre, HI 
Forest, 138 
Forgney Church, 201 
Forkhill, 244 
Forth, Barony of, 280 
Fort Singleton, 233 
Fort William, 123 
Fowkscourt, 113 
Foxborough, 202 
Fox Castle, 149 
Foxford,201; Cross, 304 

, ac. of, 203 

Foyle, Lough, 137 
Frankford, 157, 163, 170 

, ac. of, 172 

Frederick's Town, 294 

French Park Inn, 201 ; Cross, 293 

— , ac. of, 202 

Freshford, Cross, 238 
Friar's Island, 213 
Fruit Hill, 137 
Gallen, or Gillan, 156 
2F3 



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INDEX, 



Gaily Head, 90 
Galtees, The, 115 
Galway, 164, 169, 170 

, Cross, 293 bis, 297 ow,299 

, ac. of, 163 

Gara, The, 67 
Gaibally, 167 
Garon, Lough, 239 
Garrison, Cross, 296 
Garristown, Cross, 292 
Garry Castle, 172 
Garryduff Inn, 166 
Garryhaddon, 79 
Garrylougk Castle, 279 
Garryricken, 82 
Garvagh, 122 

, Cross, 302 6t*, 303 bis 

, ac. cf, 123 

Gary Castle, 167 
Gaulstown Park, 166 
Geashill Castle, 171 

, Cross, 301, 303 

Gerron Point, 180 
Gberamine Cottage, 217 
Giant's Causeway, 173, 178, 179 
1 ac# 0J r 5 174 

Giants' Load, 249 
Giants' Loom, 176 
Giant's Ring, 96 
Giant's Stairs, 89 
Gibbarrow River, 139, 256 
Gilford, 239, 253 ; ac. of, 239 
Gilly, Lough, 261 
Gil town, 76 
Glandore Harbour, 91 
Glanevy, 32, 68, 125 ; Cross, 300 

, ac. of, 68 

Glan Flesk Mountain, 216 
Glanrmre (Cork), 89 
Glanmire Castle, 86 
Glanmore, 272 ; ac. of, 272 
Glanton, Cross, 301 



Glan worth, Cross, 301 
Glasha, 129 
Glasslough, Cross, 299 
Glassnevin, 138 ; ac. of, 138 
Glean na Capull, 216 
Glen of the Downs, 276 
Glen of the Horse, 215 
Glen Inn, 146 ; Cross, 300 

, ac. of, 147 

Glena Mountain, 211 
Glena Bay and Cottage, 212 
Glenanore, 241 
Glenariff, 180 
Glenarm, 179, 185, 189 

, Cross, 292, 297, 300 

, ac. of, 189 

Glendalough, 190 ; Cross, 290 

, ac. of, 190 

Glendun Vale, 182 

Glengari'ff Bay, 93 

Glenmalure, Vale of, 192 

Glenmire, Cross, 306 

Glenmore Castle, 193, 277 

Glennart Castle, 278 

Glentis, 256 

Glynn (Antrim), 187 

Glynn (Limerick), 54 

Gobbins, 188 

Golden, Cross, 299 

Goolden, or Golden Bridge, 115 

Gore's Bridge, 160, 271 

Gorestown, 122 

Gorey, 274, 286 ; Cross, 294 

, ac. of, 278 

Gormanstown, 34 

Gort, 155, 157 ; Cross, 297, 299,303 

,ac,of, 157 

Gortahurk, 139; Crow, 299 

, ac. of, 146 

Gortin, Cross, 302 

Gowran, 147, 149 ; ac. of, 150 

Grace Dieu Nunnery, 33 



INDEX. 



331 



Grace Hall, 40 

Grace Hill, 69 

Grace Staples Cave, 183 

Graigenamanagh, 271 ; ac. of, 271 

Granabuy, 160 

Granard, 238 

, Cross, 293, 296, 297 bis, 



300 



-, ac. of, 238 



Grandison Castle, 152 

Grange (Antrim), 126, 254 

Grange (Louth), 35 

Grange (Meath), 262 

Grange (Tyrone), 236 

Grangeford Castle, 76 

Grange Fortescue, 109, 243, 244 

Grange Inn, Cross, 304 

Grange Mellon, 293 

Grannebrue Castle, 51 

Grany, 77 

Gray Man's Path, 71 

Green Castle (Down), 120 

Green Castle (Londonderry), 235 

, Cross, 300 

Greenraount, 36 
Greenoge, 243 
Greenville, Cross, 296 
Grey Abbey, 134 

, Cross, 297, 298, 303 

, ac. of, 135 

Griffinstown, Cross, 296 
Groom's Port, 136 
Grosborough Inn, 232 
Grove, 119 
Guydore River, 139 
( HacketstoAvn, 231 ; Cross, 295 

, ac. of 231 

Hag's Bed, 86 

Hag's Glen, 218 

Hag's Head, 88 

Hag's Head Promontory, 196 

Hag's Lough, Tooth, &c. 218 



Haines- town, 36 

Hal, 145 

Half-way House, Cross, 304 

Hall's Mill, 42 

Hamilton's Bawn, 244 

, Cross, 290 bis, 292 



Hampton Hall, 33 

Harristown, 76 

Harryville, 69 

Hazlewood, 261 

Headford, 193 ; Cross, 292, 293 

, ac. of, 193 

Headfort, 142 
Hermitage, 277 
Heron Island, 210 
Heywood, 66, 113 
Highpark, Cross, 296 
Hillsborough, 93, 193 

, Cross, 292, 297, 301 

, ac. of 94 

Hollymount (Down), 101 
Hollymount (Mayo), 67, 68, 206 

, Cross, 297 

, ac. of 207 

Holly Park, 54 

Hollywood, 136 ; ac. of, 136 

Holm Patrick, 61 

Holy Cross, Cross, 293, 294, 305 

Holy Cross Abbey, 267 

Hook Lighthouse, 162 

Horn Head, 146 

Horseleap, 166 

Horsland, 294 

Howth, 194; ac.of, 195 

Hoyle, Lough, 257 

Humewood, Cross, 296 

Hungery Hill, 93 

Ilmore, 248 

Inch Church, Crow, 298 

Inchigeela, Cross, 297, 300 

Inchiquin Castle, 196 

Inchiquin Lake, 228 



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INDEX* 



Inisclare, 248 
lnis Courcy, 100 
Inisfallen Island, 211 
Inishangie, 135 
Inisheene, 127 
Inishugh, 248 
Iniskeane, 92 ; ac. of 92 
Inisline, 248 
Inismore, 132 
lnis Scattery, 55 
Inistioge, 271 ; Cross, 302 

, ac. of, 271 

Inisturk, 248 
Inniscawen, 158 
Innishonan, 89 ; Cross, 299 
Innismachsent, 158 
Innis Roch, 158 
Innistioge. See Inistioge. 
Innistymond, 196, 228 

, Cross, 297, 298, 299 

Inny, Lough, 239 

Inver, 139; ac. of, 145 

Ireland, general description of, 307 

Ireland's Eye, 195 

Irrelagh Abbey, 214 

Irvinestown, 198 ; ac. of, 198 

Island Magee, 187 

Isnaleara, 180 

Jackdaw Islet, 213 

Jamestown, 257; Cross, 305 

, ac. of, 258 

Jerpoint, 150 
Jigginstown House, 44 
Johnston's Fews, 56 : ac. of, 56 
Johnstown (Kildare), 43, 65, 75 
Johnstown Bridge, 170 
Jonesborough, 32 ; ac. of, 39 
Joyce's Country, 253 
Julianstown Bridge, 32 
Kanturk, 247 ; Cross, 301 

, ac. of, 247 

Keady, (Armagh), 58, 105 



Keady (Armagh), Cross, 297, 300 

, ac. of, 59 

Kells (Antrim), 68, 72, 73, 117 

, Cross, 293, 297 

, ac. of, 68 

Kells (Kilkenny) 107 ; Cross, 298 

, ac. of 109 

Kells (Meath), 139, 198 

, Cross, 296, 298 bis, 301 bis, 

304, 305 

, ac. of, 141 

Kelly s town, 78 
Kenagh, 265 ; ac. of 266 
Kenbaan, 182 
Kenbann Castle, 183 
Kenmare Town, 198, 199 

— , Cross, 300 

, ac. of, 199 

Keroniore, 203 

Kerry Head, 53 

Key, Lough, 259 

Kilbarry Church, 92 

Kilbeggan, 164; Cross. 298 bis, 303 

, ac. of, 166 

Kilberry Ruins, Cross, 290 

Kilbixy, 266 

Kilbreny, 120 

Kilbride, 283 

Kilbride, Pass of, 164, 166 

Kilcash, 82 

Kilcock, 164, 266 ; Cross, 292, 302 

, ac. of, 165 

Kilcoleman Castle, 223 

Kilcommack, 266 

Kilconnel, 164 ; ac. of, 168 

Kilcool, 274 ; ac. of, 276 

Kilcoursey Castle, 155 

Kilcrea Abbey, 221 

Kilcrea Castle, 221 

Kilcrist, 155, 156, 157 

Kilcronaghan, 123 

KilcuUen Bridge, 65, 75 ; ae, of, 75 



INDEX, 



333 



Kilcullen, Old, 75 
Kildare, 43, 199, 200 

, Cross, 293 bis, 302 

, ac. of, 44 

Kildorery, 222 ; ac. of, 223 
Kildysart, 227 

Kilfenora, Cross, 297 bis, 298 
Kilflin, 268 
Kilgarvan, 193, 199 
Kilglassan, 206, 207 
Kilgobbin, 131 
Kilgobbin Castle, 283 
Kilkea Castle, 77 
Kilkeele, 119 ; Cross, 304 

, ac. of, 120 

Kilkelly, 62 ; ac. of, 63 

Kilkenny, 75, 107, 200 

, Cross, 292, 298, bis 

, ac. of, 79 

Kilkerrin, 67 ; Cross, 291, 298, 301 

, ac. of, 67 

Kill (Dublin), 103,286 

Kill (Kildare), Cross, 298 

Killadoon, 224 

Killala, 109, 201, 206 ; Cross, 298 

, ac. of, 203 

Killaloe, 196, 208, 232 

, Cross, 299, 300, 302 

, ac. of, 196 

Killargs Church, Cross, 301 

Killarney, 199, 208, 221, 222 

, Cross, 293 bis 

, ac. of, 208 

Killarney, Lakes of, 208 

Killashee, 265, 266 

, Cross, 299 

Killbarrick, 194; ac. of, 195 

Killberry, 127; aco/, 127 

Killcolgan, 155 

Killeagh, 110, 242 ; Cross, 296, 306 

Killeen Castle, 140 

Killeigh, 102, 224 



Killeigh, Cross, 291, 298, 304, 305 
•, ac. of, 226 



Killenaule, 118 

, Cross, 292, 293 bis, 298 



bis, 301 



ac. of, 118 



Killeneny Castle, 64 

Killeny, 103 bis 

Killeny Hill, 286 

Killery Bay and Mountain, 274 

Killeshandra, 261 

, Cross, 292, 294, 299 

, ac. of, 263 

Killewater Castle, 189 
Killiene, Lough, 256 
Killileigh. See Killyleagh* 
Killinan Church, 156 
Killinane, 79 
Killinany Castle, 102 
Killinchy, Cross Roads of, 99 
Killinchy, ac. of, 101 
Kill Keran, 188 
Killough, 226 ; Cross, 293 his. 
ac. of, 226 



KiUough Hill, 114 
Killtymon Glen, 277 
Killurn, 102 

Killwater, 189 ; ac. of, 190 
Killybegs, 139 ; Cross, 298 

, ac. of, 145 

Killygordon, 153 ; ac. of, 153 
Killyleagh (Armagh), 60, 299 
Killyleagh (Down), 99 

, Cross, 292, 298 bis, 301 

— , ac. of, 101 

Killyman Church, 122 
Killymoone, 246 
Killymurrys,183 
Killynaule. See Killenaule. 
Killyock Church, Cross, 291 
Killyshandra. See Killeshandra, 
Kilmacduagh, Abbey of, 157 



334 



INDEX, 



Kilmacrennan, 146 ; Cross, 300 

, ac. of 147 

Kilmacthomas, 147, 149; Cross, 306 

, ac. of, 149 

Kilmacudd, 275 
Kilmagany, 107, 147, 148 

• , Cross, 298 

Kilmain, 66, 273 ; Cross, 293, 294 

, ac. of, 66 

Kiltnainham, 43 
Kilmaleady, 155 
Kilmallock, 112 ; Cross, 295, 299 

— — , ac. of 116 

Kilmanalian Castle, 152 
Kilmatague, Cross, 304 
Kilrneague, 224 ; Cross, 298 

, ac. of, 225 

Kilmoon Church, 243; Cross, 292 
Kilmore (Cavan), 142 
Kilmore (Seat), 83 
Kilmory, Cross, 301 
Kilmuckridge, 278 
Kilmulan, 54 

Kilmure Bridge, 157, 170, 173 
Kilmurry Church, 227, 228 
Kilmurry-ibrickan, 228 ; ac. of, 228 

, Cross, 298, 299 

Kilnacarrick, 276 
Kilnainatery, 222 
Kilnockin Castle, 119 
Kilrea, 124, 173 ; ac. of, 174 

, Cross, 291, 299, 302 

Kilreen, 82 ' 

Kilruddery Park, 276 

Kilrush, 227, 228 ; Cross, 298, 299 

, ac. of, 228 

Kilsallaghan, 243 
Kilshielan, 84 
Kiltannan, 197 
Kilternan, 231, 283 
Kilworth, 75 ; ac. of 84 
Kincor, 156 



Kingscourt, 127 

, Cross, 290, 293, 294, 299 

Kingston, Cross, 290 
Kingston Hall, 259 
Kingstown, 229 
Kinnegad, 164 ; Cross, 292 

, ac. of, 166 

Kinsale, 229 ; ac. of 229 
Kircubben, 134 ; ac. of, 135 
Kirkistown, 135 
Kish, 198 

Kittane, Lough, 216 
Knappan Lodge, 179 
Knightsbridge, 198 ; Cross, 300 
Knight of Kerry's Island, 219 
Knockalton Castle, 196 
Knockane Castle, 48 
Knockballymore, 160 
Knockbreda, 132 
Knockbride Bridge, 159 
Knock Doo, 189 
Knock Lade Mountain, 71> 182 
Knocklofty, 83 
Knocklong. 112, 116 
Knockmeledown Mountain, 84 
Knocktopher, 147 ; Cross, 298 
ac. of 147 



Konnoc a Briannin, 218 

Kyle, 274 ; ac. of, 279 

Labacally Tomb, 86 

Lackagh Castle, 45 

Lade, 181 

Lagacory, 233 

Laggan Bridge, 109, 243 

Laghy, 139 

Lamb Island, 210 

Lambay Island, 61 

Lambeg, 95 

Lane, Lough, 111 

Lanesborough, 201, 204; Cross, 299 

, ac. of, 201 



Lansdown, 226 



INDEX. 



335 



Laraeor, 262 

Largay, 261 ; Cross, 296, 299 

, ac. of, 2G4 

Larue, 179, 185 5 Cross, 305 

, ac. of, 187 

Larra Abbey, 238 

Latragh Castle, 105 

Lea, 163 ; ac. of, 163 

Leap, Cross, 304 

Leap Castle, 103 

Leigb, 113 

Leigblin Bridge, 75, 230, 231 

_ — , Cross, 299 

, ac. of, 7$ 

Leighlin, Old, 79 

Lei trim, Cross, 292, 299 

Leixlip, 164, 266 ; Cross, 299 

, ac. of, 164 

Leny, 257 ; ac. of, 257 

Leslie Hill, 126 

Leslie Lodge, 55 

Letterkenny, 146, 231 ; Cross," 300 

, ac. of, 146 

Lifford, 153, 232 ; Cross, 295, 304 

■ , ac. of, 234 

Liffy, River, 2 

Limerick, 43, 231, 232 

, Cross, 294, 295, 299 Us, 

305 ; ac. of, 48 

Lion Rock, 176 

Lisbellaw, 139 ; Cross, 301 

■ , ac. of, 143 

Lisburn, 93 

■ , Cross, 292, 295, 299 bis.. 

300 bis, 304 

, ac. of, 95 

Liscarrol, Cross, 301 

Liscartan Castle, 141 

Lisconnan, 179 

Lisfin Castle, 197 

Lishean, 115 

Lislaghtin Abbey, 55 



Lisle, 73 ; ac. of, !± 

Lisminy, 155 

Lismore, 129, 160, 242, 289 

, Cross, 300 

, ac. of, 129 

Lismullen, 140 

Lisnarick, Cross, 297 

Lisnegarvey, 95 

Lisneskia, 139, 143; Cross, 301 

Lispole, 131 

Lissanoure Castle, 70 

Lissnabruck, 160 

Listowell, 43, 54 ; ac. of, 52 

Lixna Castle, 268 

Loftus Hall, 162 

Logbill, 54 

Londonderry, 232, 236, 237 

: , Cross, 291 bis, 300 



bis, 302, 304 



ac. of, 235 



Longford, 238, 257 

, Cross, 294, 299, 300 

ac. of, 258 



Longford Pass, 113, 267 
Lorrah, 255 
Loughbrickland, 32 

— , Cross, 290, 303 

, ac. of, 39 

Loughgall, 112; Cross, 300 

, ac . of, 112 

Lougbglin, 62 ; Cross, 293 

. , ac. of, 63 

Loughgule, 68 ; ac. of, 69 
Loughlinstown, 287 
Lougbmore, 51 
Lougbna Cresa, 72 
Loughrea, 155, 157, 170 

, Cross, 292 &is,300 &is,304 

, ac. of, 173 

Lough. Rea, 173 
Louisbourg, 274 
Louth, 239; ac. of, 239 



336 



INDEX. 



Louth Hall, 239 

Lucan, 164, 224, 266 ; ac. of, 164 

Lugna Clogh, 261 

Lugnaquilla, 192 

Lurgan, 42, 68, 125, 239 

, Cross, 297, 300 Us, 303, 304 

, ac. of, 42 

Lurgan Church, 142 

Lurgan Green, 32 ; ac. of, 36 

Lurgeidan, 180 ; ac. of, 181 

Lusk, 60 ; ac. of, 60 

Mac Auliffe, 247 

Mac Carthy's Island, 219 

Mac Swine's Gun, 146 

Macetown Castle, 243 

Mackin Castle, 113 

Macknean, Lough, 264 

Macroom, or Macrompe, 198, 221 

, Cross, 292, 297, 300 bis. 



301 



-, ac. of, 221 



Magee Island. See Island. 

Maghera, 122 

» , Cross, 291, 296, 300 bis, 



303 



-, ac. of, 123 



Magherafelt (Londonderry), 61, 124, 
173 ; Cross, 300, 304 

, ac. of, 173 

Magheralin, 32 ; Cross, 297, 300, bis 

- ■ — , ac. of, 40 

Magilligan, 137 
Magwire's Bridge, 139, 143 

— , Cross, 294, 301 

Maidens, The, 188 
Kalahide, 240 ; ac. of, 240 
Tallin, Cross, 306 
Mallow, 222, 241 

— , Cross, 295 bis, 300, 301 bis 

• , ac. of, 223 

Walton, 285 

tyaa-of-War, 32, 133 ; ac. of, 33 



Mangerton Mountain, 21a 
Manilla, 20a 

Manor Cuningham, Cross, 300 
Manor Hamilton, 264 

, Cross, 293, 301 bis 

, ac. of, 254 

Maquasquin, 123 
Marino, 240 
Market Hill, 59, 244 

, Cross, 292, 302 

, ac. of, 59 

Maryborough, 43 

, Cross, 291, 301 bis, 



303, 305 



ac. of, 46 



Mashanglass Castle, 222 

Mask, Lough, 66 

Mawhan, 244, 245 

Maynooth, 164, 266 ; Cross, 298, 301 

, ac. of, 165 

Mayo, 205 

Maypole, 111; Cross, 795, 301 bis 

Mead Town, Cross, 290 

Meare's Court, 201 

Meelick, 154 

Meeting of the Wafers* 285 

Melick, 203 

Mellifont, 35 

Menlough, 169 ; Cross, 301 

Menlough Castle, 252 

Merrion Castle, 286 

Merville, 275 

Middleton, 121, 241, 242 

— , Cross, 294, 295, 296, 299, 



306 ; ac. of, 121 

Military Road, 190 
Millbrooke, 226 
Millecent, 225 
Millford, 48 
Mill of Louth, 58, 242 

, Cross, 295, 296 

, ac. of, 59 



INDEX. 



337 



Mill-street, 22l, 222 

~ , Cross, 295, 300, 301 bis 

, ac. of, 222 

Milltown, 231, 283 ; Cross, 298 
Miltown Malbay, 228 
Minard Castle, 131 
Minola, 204, 248 ; ac. of, 205 
Mitchell's Town, 222 

, Cross, 301, 305 

, ac , of, 222 

Mizen Head, 93 
Moat (Mayo), 205 
Moat (Roscommon), 63 
Moat-a-Grenoge, 164 ; ac. of, 166 
Moira, 32 

, Cross, 297, 300 bis, 301, 304 

, ac. of, 40 

Monaghan, 232, 242, 243 

, Crow, 293, 295, 299,301 

, ac. of, 232 

Monanimy, 241 
Monasterboice, 35 
Monastereven, 43, 163 ; Cross, 290 
. ac% q/; 45 

Monaver, Cross, 301 
Monela Bog, 47 
Money gall, 48 
Moneymore, 61, 122, 244 

, ac. of, 122 

Monivea, 169; Cross, 290, 297 



— , ac. of, 169 

Monkstown, 103, 104, 131 

, ac. of, 103 

Monkstown Castle, 89 
Montalto, 65 
Montpelier Castle, 103 
Montrath, 43 ; ac. of, 47 
Moone and Abbey, 76 
Moore Abbey, 46 
Moorefield, 203 
Moore Park, 84 
Moore Town, 45 
2G 



Morne, Lough, 186 

Moss Side, 291 

Mosstown, 266 

Mount Alexander, 101 

Mount Bellew Bridge, 250 

Mount Bolus, 102 ; ac. of, 102 

Mount Brandon, 132 

Mount Catherine, 86 

Mount Charles, 139 ; ac. of, 145 

Mount Coote, 116 

Mount Druid (Antrim), 183 

Mount Druid (Dublin), 286 

Mountgarret, 162 

Mount Hamilton, 236 

Mount Juliet, 148 

Mount Leiuster, 283 

Mountmellick, 163, 246 

, Cross, 301, 305 

, ac. of, 163 

Mount Merrion, 275 
Mount Panther, 100 
Mount Pleasant, 102 
Mount Rice, 45 
Mount Shannon, 51 

-, Crow, 300, 304 

Mount Stewart, 135 

Mount Talbot, Cross, 292, 301, 303 

Mount Uniacke, 110, 242 

Mount Wollesley, 282 

Mourn, Lough, 68 

Mourne, Cross, 295 

Mouse Island, 210 

Moy, 122, 246 

Moyallen, 253 

Moyarta, 228 

Moycarthy Castle, 114 

Moycashell, 166 

Moycashill Castle, 155 

Moylagh, 206 

Moynalty, 159 ; Cross, 302 

Moyne, The, 67 

Moyne Abbey, 206 



338 



INDEX. 



Moystown, 172 
Moyvore, 201 
Moyvore Castle, 196 
Mucruss, 199, 215 
Mucruss Abbey, 214 
Muff, 238 

, Cross, 290, 291, 293, 300, 302 

Mullaghanee Bridge, 58, 242 
Mullinahone, Cross, 297 
Mullinavat, 149, 150 
Mullingar, 109, 201, 204, 257, 265 

, Cross, 290,293, 296, 

298, 301 bis, 305 bis 
, ac. of, 257 



Mullybrack, 59 
Mullyvilly, 254 
Mungret Abbey, 51 
Murclerslay, 188 
Murloch Bay, 182 
Myshall, Cross, 293, 299 
Naas, 43, 65, 75 

, Cross, 301, 302 bis 

— — , ac. of, 43 
Na Maraghnarig, Lough, 216 
Naren, 139; ac. of, 145 
Narrow-water, 119 ; ac. of, 119 
Navan, 139 ; ac. of, 140 

, Cross, 290 bis, 302, 304 bis, 

305 
Naul, 138 ; Cross, 302; ac. of, 138 
Neagh, Lough, 125 
Neale, The, 66 ; Cross, 292 
Nenagh, 105, 196, 208, 231, 232 

, Cross, 293, 294, 302 6i*,304 

, ac. of, 196 

Nephin, Mount, 203 

New Abbey, 75 

Newberry, 170 

Newborough, 274, 286 ; ac. of 273 

Newbridge (Kildare), 43 

, Cross, 302 

• , ac, of, 43 



Newbridge (Limerick), 54 

— , Cross, 301 

Newbridge (Wicklow), Cross, 290 
Newbrook, 75 
Newbrook House, 207 
Newcastle (Down), 100, 119 

, Cross, 302, 304 

, ac. of, 120 

Newcastle (Kildare), 108 
Newcastle (Limerick), 43 

, Cross, 301 

, ac. of, 52 

Newcastle (near Limerick), 48 

Newcastle (Mayo), 202 

Newcastle (East Meath), 127 

Newcastle (West Meath) 201 

Newcastle (Wicklow), 276 

New Court, 91 

New Ferry, Cross, 291, 302, 303 

New Geneva, 152 

New Grange, 243 

Newgrove, 128 

New Hall (Clare) 227 

Newhall, 140 

New Inn (Galway) 164, 168 

New Inn (Meath), 164 

Newmarket (Clare), 154 

Newmarket (Cork), 247; Cross, 301 

, ac. of, 247 

Newmarket (Kilkenny), 147, 148 
New Mills, 237, 244 
Newpark (Mayo), 202 
Newpark (Tipperary), 114 
Newport (Longford), 266 
Newport (Tipperary), 43 

, Cross, 292, 300, 302 

ac. of, 48 



Newport Prat, 248 ; Cross, 306 
, ac. of, 



New Ross, 160, 248, 249, 272, 273 

, Cross, 302 his* 306 

- , ac, of, 161 



INDEX* 



339 



Newry, 32, 249 ; Cross, 292, 302 bis 

, ac. of, 38 

Newry Bridge Inn, 193, 277 
Newtown (Seat), 83 
Newtown A"bbey, 262 
Newtown Ardes, 132, 249 

, Cross, 297, 303 

-. . , ac. of, 132 

Newtown Barry, 282 

-,Cross, 293, 297, 299 

Newtown Bellew, 206, 250 

__ , Cross, 301 

, ac. of, 206 

Newtown Breda, 250 ; Cross, 298 
Newtown Butler, 139; Gross, 294 

— , ac. of, 142 

Newtown Cuningham, Cruss, 300 
Newtown Forbes, 257 ; ac. of, 258 
Newtown Glens, 179 

, Cross, 297, 300 

■ , ac. of, 181 

Newtown Hamilton, 56 

— , Cross, 302 Us 

. , ac. of, 56 

Newtown Limavady, 137 

— : , Cross, 291 bis 

294, 300, 302 bis, 303 

ac. of, 137 



Newtown Mount Kennedy, 250,276 

Newtown Stewart, 232, 236 

. — , Cross, 295 bis, 



297, 302 



ac. of, 234 



Nine Mile House, 75, 251 

, Cross, 295, 303 bis 

: , ac. of, 82 

Nobber, 127 
Oak Island, 219 
Oak Park, 78 
O'Brien's Bridge, 231 

_ Cross, 299, 302 

O'Donohue's Prison, 210 



O'Hara's Brook, 126 

O'Kane's Castle, 238 

Olart, 279 

Old Castle, 261 ; Cross, 298 

Old Connaught, 287 

Olderfleet Castle, 187 

Old Leiglilin. See LeigUiri. 

Old Merrion, 286 

Old Ross, Cross, 302 

Omagh, 232, 251 

-, Cross, 294, 295 bis, 297 bis, 

303 bis 

ac. of, 233 



Oranmore, 164, 170 

-, Cross, 297, 299, 300 

, ac. of, 16S 

Oranmore Castle, 168 
Ormond Castle, 81 
Ormond Isle, 199 
0' Sullivan's Cascade, 212 
0' Sullivan's Punch Bowl, 219 
Oughterard (Galway), 252 

, ac. of, 252 

Oughterard (Kildare), 43 

Outer, Lough, 142 

Oven's Inn, 198, 221 ; ac. of, 221 ] 

Packenham Hall, 111 

Pallas Inn, 157, 170, 171 

Pallas, Lough, 102 

Pallice, 201 

Pallis, Cross, 294, 299, 305 

Palraerstown (Dublin), 164, 224 

Palmerstown (Kildare), 43 

Paps, The, 222 

Paradise, 227 

Parkes' Town, 114 

Parkgate, 73; ac. of, 74 ' 

Parson's Town. See Birr 

Parteen, 231, 232 

Partree,273; Cross, 293, 303 

, ac. of, 273 

Passage, 88, 272 ; Cross, 295 
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INDEX, 



Passage, ac. of, 272 
Pass-if-you-can, 243 ; Cross, 301 
Patrick's Well, 51 
Peterborough, 58 
Pettigoe, Cross, 292, 297 
Philipstown, 170 

, Cross, 293, 298, 301, 

302, 303 bis 
, ac. of, 170 



Pict's House, 72 
Piedmont, 38 
Pigeon Hole, 66 
Pigeon Islet, 213 
Plary, 64 
Platten, 139 
Pleaskin, 177 
Plummer's Island, 219 
Point's Pass, 61 ; ac. of, 61 
Pol a Phuca, 281 
Pomeroy, 251, 252 

■ ■ — , Cross, 295, 303 bis 

Pooladuff, 90 
Port, The, 139 
Portadown, 61, 253, 254 

, Cross, 290, 300 bis, 303 

Portaferry, 254 ; Cross, 303 bis 
Portarlington, 163, 224 

, Cross, 301, 303, 305 

, ac. of, 225 

Portavo, 134 

Port Coon Bay, 175 

Port Coon Cave, 174 

Portglenone, 126, 178, 254 

, Cross, 303 

, ac. of, 126 

Portmore, 183 

Portmore Castle, 42 

Port na Baw, 175 

Port na Spagna, 176 

Port Noffer, 176, 183 

Portrush, 254 ; ac. of, 254 

Porturana, 255 ; Cross, 292, 302, 303 



Portumna, ac. of, 255 

Powerscourt, 284 

Priory, 104 

Prospect Hall (nearBalruddery),33 

Prospect Hall, 217 

Prospect Hill, 235 

Puffing Hole, 228 

Pulacuila, 271 

Purt Castle, 52 

Pyrmont, 55 

Queen sborough, 173 

Querin, 228 

Quilca Mountain , 264 

Quin Abbey, 154 

Rabbit Island, 210 

Rack Wallace Church, 232 

Racondra, 201,204; Cross, 290, 301 

Raghery or Raghlin Island, 183 

Rahanvegue Castle, 48 

Raheney Strand, 194 ; ac. of, 194 

Raholp, 134 

Rake, 274 

Rani Island, 125 

Ramor, Lough, 142 

Ramsfort, 278 

Randalstown, 125, 126, 178, 254 

--, Cross, 296, 303 bis 

— , ac. of, 125 

Raphoe, 146; Cross, 304, 305 

, ac. of, 146 

Rasharkan, 126, 178 ; Cross, 303 

, ac. of, 127 

Rathangan, 224 ; Cross, 302 

, ac. of, 225 

Rathbran Abbey, 109 
Rathbrand, Cross, 296 
Rathbride, 200 
Rathclare Inn, Cross, 295 
Rathconnel, Cross, 298 
Rathcoole, 43, 65, 75 ; ac. of, 43 
Rathcormack, 75, 121, 241 
— , ac. of, 75 



INDEX, 



341 



Rathdowny, Cross, 296, 298 
Rathdrum, 231, 284 ; Cross, 290 

, ac. of, 284 

Rathfarnliam, 190 ; ac. of, 190 
Rathfriland, 64, 99, 134, 226, 227 

, Cross, 290, 303 bis, 304 

, ac. of, 99 

Rathkeale, 43 ; Cross, 294, 303 

■ , ac. of, 51 

Rathkeen Castle and Common, 46 

Rathleague, 45 

Rathline, 202 

Rathmore, 263 ; Cross, 290 

Rathrobine, 102 

Rathrush, 282 

Rathsallagh, Cross, 296 

Ratoath, 99, 246 ; Cross, 292 bis 

, ac. of, 243 

Rattoo, 54 
Ravensdale, 38 
Ravenswell, 275 
Red Bay, 180 
Red Castle, Cross, 300 
Redgate Tnn, 227 
Red Hall, 186 
Red Trout Lake, 217 
Ree, Lough, 201 
Reekpatrick, 236 
Rheban, 108 
Rhinrow Castle, 232 
Richhill, 112, 244, 245 

, Cross, 290, 300 

Robe, The, 67 
Rochdale, 242 
Roches Cascade, 138 
Rochestown, 103 ; ac. of, 103 
Rockcorry, Cross, 295,299 
Rockforest, 241 
Rock Heads, 174 
Roebuck Castle, 283 
Rokeby Hall, 36 
Ronan's Island, 219 



Rosanna, 277 

Roscommon, G2, 255 * ac. of, 62 

, Cross, 292, 303, 304 bis 

Roscrea, 43 ; ac. of, 47 

, Cross, 292, 296, 298, 304 bis 

Rosemount, 135 

Rosenellis, 163 ; Cross, 301, 304, 305 

, ac. of, 163 

Roserk Abbey, 203 
Ross (Cork), ac. of, 90 
Ross Abbey, 193 
Ross a Goul, 143 
Rossburkie Island, 219 
Ross Castle (Cavan), 263 
Ross Castle (Killarney), 209 
Ross Island, 210 
Ross. See New and Old Ross. 
Rosses, The, 145 
Rostellan Castle, 89 
Rostrevor, 119 ; Cross, 304 bis 

, ac. of, 120 

Roughan Castle, 122 
Rovinvalley Dyke, 176 
Roxborough, 122 
Roxborough House, 56 
Royal Oak Inn, 79, 160, 271 
Runaolin, Lough, 184 
Rush, 60 ; ac. of, 61 
Rusky Bridge, 257 ; Cross, 305 
ac. of, 258 



Russborough, 281 
Rutland, 256 ; ac. of, 256 
Rutland, Island of, 145 
St. Andrew, 135 
St. Doulough's, 240 ; ac. of, 240 
Saintfield, 249, 250; Crow, 298, 304 
-, ac. of, 249 



Saintfield House, 250 
St. Johnstown, 232 ; Cross, 304 
ac. of, 235 



St. Lafarien, Well of, 79 
St. Margaret's, 243 

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342 



INDEX. 



St. Moylaise's House, 159 

St. Mullin's, 161 

St. Patrick's Stepping Stones, 91 

Salagh Braes, 189 

S allymount, 76 

Salta Bridge, 129 

Saltees, 91, 162 

Salt Hole, 187 

Salt, Lough, 147 

Sandholes, Cross, 303 

Sans Souci, 275 

Santry, 32 ; ac. of, 33 

Santry House, 33 

Saunder's Court, 280 

Saunder's Grove, 282 

Saundersville, Cross, 296 

Scalp, The, 283 

Scarewalsh Bridge, 272, 283 

Scarva, 256 ; Cross, 2v)0 bis 
Scilly, 230 

Scots House, 293 

Screen, 246; Cross, 304 

, ac. of, 247 

Scurlog's Town, 262 

Seacourt, 93 

Seaford, 64 ; Cross, 294 ; ac. of, 64 

Se amount, 248 

Seapark Court, 240 

Sea Point, 103 

Seven Churches, 190 

Shallaghan Bridge, 139, 153 

, Cross, 291, 299 

Shallee Turnpike, 43, 231 

Shaltagan Bridge, 256 

Shanagolden, 54 ; ac. of, 54 

Shanbally, 84, 114 

Shane's Castle, 125, 178 

Shane's Inn, 295 

Shaugenagh, 103 bis, 287 

Shannon, The, 50 

Shannon Bridge, 155, 156; Cross, 304 

Shanrahany, 84 



Shark, Lough, 256 
Shaw Castle, 189 
Sheallin, Lough, 263 j 
Sheen Castle, 46 
Sheep Bridge, 32 
Sheep Island, 184 
Shellin, Lough, 239 
Shelton Abbey, 278 
Shilelagh, 107, 285 ; Cross, 304 
Shinney, Lough, 61 
Shircock, 127; ac. of, 128 
Shragh Castle, 171 
Shrule, Cross, 293, 294 
Shy, Lough, 67 

Silvermines, 43, 105; Cross, 304 
, ac. of, 48 



Sir Albert's Bridge, 256 

Six Mile Bridge, 153, 154, 227 

, Cross, 295, 297, 



299 bis 
Six Mile Cross, 251 
, Cross, 295, 303 bis 



Six Mile House, 295 
Skeeheewrinky, 84 
Skerries, 60 ; ac. of, 61 
Skerries Hill, 117 
Skerriff, Cross, 304 
Skibbereen, 75 ; ac. of, 90 
Skirk, Cross, 298 
Skr}me. See Screen. 
Slane, 135,243 ; ac. of, 243 

, Cross, 290, 296, 298, 302, 

304 bis 
Slane Castle, 243 
Slaughter Ford, 188 
Slidderyford, 121 
Sliebh Guth, 281 
Sliebnemon Mountain, 148 
Sliebh Russel, 263 
Slieve Croob Mountain, 65 
Slieve Donard, 120 
Slieve Gullen, 38, 244 



INDEX. 



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S H eve na Aura, 182 

Sligo,257, 264 

, Cross, 291,296, 301, 304 bis, 

305 

, ac. of, 260 

Slunk na Marra, 183 
Smerwick Harbour, 131 
Smithsborough, Cross, 293, 301 
Snowton Castle, 138 
Snugborough, 283 
Somerville, 139 
Sonnagh, 265 
South Park, 204 
Spancell Hill, 196 ; Cross, 299 
Springhill (Carlow), 78 
Springhill (Londonderry), 123 
Spring Park, 239 
Stackallan, 243 
Stag Island, 212, 219 
Staplestown, 78 
Starbog Spa, 251 
Steeple, 41 
Stewart Hall, 122 
Stewartstown, 61, 122, 124, 173 
— , Cross, 300, 303 bis, 

304 bis 

, ac. of, 122 

Stillorgan, 274 ; ac. of, 275 

Stonebrook, 142 

Stone Hall, 54 

Stoneyford, Cross, 295, 303, 305 

Stookins, 175 

Strabane, or Strathbane, 232, 236 

, Cross, 293, 295 bis, 297, 



305 



ac. of, 234 



Stradbally, 265 ; Cross, 291 

, ac. of, 265 

Stradon, Cross, 290, 293, 299 
Straffan, 225 

Straid, 189, 238 ; Cross, 293 
Stramore Inn, 237 



Strand, 139 
Strandhouse Inn, 304 
Strangford, 134; Cross, 298 

, ac. of, 134 

Stranockum, 72 ; ac. of, 72 
Stranorlane, 153 ; Cross, 305 

, ac. of, 153 

Stratford upon Slaney, 282 

, Cross, 305 

Strathbane. See Strabane. 
Strawberry Hill, 156 
Strokestown, 201, 204,264, 265 

, Cross, 305 bis 

- ■ , ac. of. 202 

Struel, 101 

Sugar Island, 213 

Sugar Loaf Mountains, 284 

Suir Castle, 115 

Summerhill (East Meath), 198, 266 

, Cross, 305 

, ac. of, 266 

Summer Hill (Seat), 135 
Summerhill Castle, 266 
Summer Island, 112 
Swanlinbar, 261 ; Cross, 294 

, ac. of, 263 

Swatteragh, 122 ; ac. of, 123 j 
Swillan, Lough, 128 
Swineford, 201 

, Cross, 291 his, 293, 334 

, ac. of, 202 

Swords, 32, 138 ; ac. of, 33 

Syngefield, 103 

Taghmon, 267, 272; Cross, 302, 306 

, ac. of, 267 

Tallagh, 280 ; ac. of, 281 
Tallow, 129, 242, 289 ; ac. of, 130 
Tamlagh Church, Cross, 393 
Tanderagee, 61, 254 ; Cross, 292 

, ac. of, 61 

Tarah Hill, 139 ; ac. of, 140 
Tarbert, 54 ; ac. of, 55 



344 



IJKTDEX. 



Tarbert House, 55 

Tarmonbarry Bridge, 265 

Tarmons, 55 

Tashiny, 266 

Tawney, 231 

Tecroghan Abbey, 166 

Teeney, 238 

Teina Park, 82 

Temora, Hill of, 45 

Temple Brian, 90 

Temple Church, 134 

Temple Coran, 186 

Templecross Chapel, 258 

Templemore, 104 ; Cross, 292, 305 

, ac. of, 104 

Templemoyle, 69 
Templepatrick, 73 ; Cross, 305 

, ac. of, 74 

Temple Roe, 203 
Tempo, Cross, 297, 303 
Ten Mile Bush, 139 
Tennelick, 266 
Terril's Pass, 164, 166 

, Cross, 293, 305 bis 

Tevereagh, 181 
Thane's Heap, 85 
Thomas Street, 206 
Thomastown (Louth), 59 
Thomastown (Kilkenny), 149 

, ac. of, 150 

Thomastown (Tipperary), 112 

, Cross, £99 

, ac of, 115 

Thurles, 113, 267, 268 

, Cross, 292, * 98, 302, 305 Ms 

Tildarg, 63 
Timoge Church, 65 
Timohop, 65, 200 

, ac. of, 65 

Timoleague Castle, 90 
Timolin, 75 ; ac. of, 76 
Timon Castle, 281 



Tinehaly, 107, 283 ; ac. of, 285 
Tinnehinch, 284 
Tintern, 162 ; ac. of, 162 
Tipperary, 112, 268 

, Cross, 294, 299, 305 bis 

, ac. of, 116 

Tobercorry, Cross, 291 bis, 292, 304 

bis, 305 
Togher Inn, 190 
Tomies Mountain, 211 
Toomavara, 43; ac of, 48 
Toome Bridge, Cross, 303 
Toome Ferry, 173 
Torfeckan Castle, 35 
Tor Point, 182 
Tory Island, 146 
Townavilly, 68 ; Cross, 295, 304 

i , ac. of, 68 

Tralee, 131, 258, 269 

, Cross, 295, 298, 305 

, ac. of, 268 

Tramore, 152 ; Cross, 305 
Trillick, 198 ; Cross, 297 bis 
Trim, 198, 261 

, Cross, 302, 303, 305 bis 

, ac. of, 262 

Trimblestown, 262 
Tristernagh, 257 
Trostan Hill, 182 
Tuam, 206 

-, Cross, 290, 294, 297, 305 
ac. of, 207 



Tubberdonny, 155, 157, 223 

, Cross, 299 

, ac. of, 228 

Tubbermore, 122 ; ac. of, 123 
Tubbermore Well, 187 
Tullamore, 157, 170 ; ac. of, 171 

, Cross, 291, 298, 305 bit 

Tullanstown, 242 ; Cross, 296 

Tulleigh, 167 

Tullo, 196, 197; Cross, 305 



INDEX. 



345 



Tullow, 231, 282 ; Cross, 304 

, ac. of, 282 

Tully (Kildare), 45 

Tully (Longford), 239 

Tullycarbet, 243, 244 

Tully more Lodge, 117 

Tullymore Park, 227 

Tulsk, 201, 204, 248 ; Cross, 304, 305 

— — -, ac. of, 202 

Tuniquin, Cross, 304 

Turin, 129 

Turk Cascade, 213 

Turk Cottage, 213 

Turkelly's Well, 99 

Turk Lake, 213 

Turk Mountain, 213 

Turvey, 32 ; ac. of, 33 

Twelve Pins, 253 

Tynagh, 255 ; Cross, 292 1 

Tynan, 60, 105 

, Cross, 297, 299 bis, 305 

, ac. of, 105 

Upham, 118 

Urlingford, 112,267,268; Cross, 298 

, ac. of, 113 

Vallis Salutis, 282 

Velvet's Town, 295 

Ventry, 132 

Ventry Bay, 131, 132 

Viewmount, 78 

Virginia, 139 ; ac. of, 142 

Vow Ferry House, 126 

Wall's Town Castle, 223 

Waringstown, 42, 239 ; ac. of, 42 

Warren Point, 119, 270 



Water Castle, 113 
Waterford, 149, 271, 272, 273 

, Cross, 305 Us, 306 

, ac. of, 150 

Waterfort, 180 
Watergrass Hill, 86, 129 
— , Cross, 300 



Wattle Bridge, 139 ; ac. of, 142 

Wells, 274 

Wells Town, 153 

West-court, 82 

Westport, 273 ; Cross, 306 

, ac. of, 273 



Wexford, 274, 280, 283, 286 

, ac. of, 279 

, Cross, 306 

Whiddy, Island of, 93 

White Abbey, 185 

White Castle, Cross, 300, 306 

Whitechurch, 162 ; Cross, 295 

Whitehall, 117 

White Head, 183 

White Kirk, 188 

Whitestown, 61 

Wicklow, 274, 286; ac. of, 277 

Williamstown, 286 

Wilson's Hospital, 257 

Woodford, 52 ; Cross, 300, 304 

Woodlawn, 168 

Woodlawn Cottage, 214 

Woodstock, 271 

Woodstock Castle, 108 

Yew Island, 213 

Youghall, 288, 289; Cross, 296, 306 

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that it consists of a series of (in the present case 24) slips, painted in 
landscape, and susceptible of being arranged in millions of forms- 
two, six, or twenty, making but one landscape. The immense diver- 
sity thus produced, the endless displays of subjects full of taste, the 
curious as well as beautiful groupings and associations — in short, the 
whole scope of the invention is so excellent, that we can truly say we 
are not acquainted with a more refined or improving pastime, espe- 
cially for youthful females, than it offers. We could give a myriad of 
good words to the Myriorama. — Literary Gazette. 



SAMUEL LEIGH,, 18, STRAND. 353 

Just Published, fitted up in an elegant Boos, price \L 8s. 
plain, or \l. 14s. beautifully colour ed y 

A NEW EDITION, 

URANIA'S MIRROR ; on, A VIEW OF THE 

HEAVENS, 
On a Plan perfectly Original. Designed by A LADY. 

The Work consists of Thirty-two large Cards, on which are 
represented all the Constellations visible in the British Em- 
pire. Each Constellation is drawn with the Figure ascribed 
to it by the Ancients ; and the stars are perforated, so as to 
exhibit, when held up to the light, their natural appearance 
in the Heavens. The Cards are accompanied with a Fami- 
liar Treatise on Astronomy, written expressly for this purr 
pose, by J. Aspin. 

Among the many ingenious and beautiful inventions to promote the 
study of science, and render it as delightful as it is valuable, we have 
never seen anything to surpass this admirable production. — Literary 
Gazette. 

Urania's Mirror is an ingenious and useful work. — Examiner. 

We have not, for a long time, seen so entertaining a present to 
make to youth of both sexes. — Morning Herald. 

Mr. Leigh, of the Strand, has just published one of the most elegant 
and acceptable guides to astronomy which has ever been laid before 
the public. It is called " Urania's Mirror; or, a View of the Hea- 
vens."— Neivs. 

The idea, which is quite new, is well executed ; and the familiar 
Treatise on Astronomy, with which it is accompanied, presents, in a 
concise yet perspicuous manner, a winning familiar introduction to 
Astronomy, excellently adapted to the purpose for which it is intended. 
We cannot close our brief notice of this production without recom- 
mending it to the attention of parents and others engaged in the cul- 
ture of youthful minds. — Star. 

A singularly ingenious little work has just appeared, called 
" Urania's Mirror ; or, a View of the Heavens." This is a most 
pleasing and beautifully adorned display of the constellations. It is 
accompanied by an explanatory Treatise on Astronomy, written with 
great clearness, and admirably sni ted to the capacity and comprehen- 
sion of the rising generation. — Morning Chronicle. 

Urania's Mirror is not less likely to be a favourite with the pupil 
than with the teacher — at once encouraging the youhful student in 
the acquirement of astronomical knowledge, and affording useful aid. 
to the labours of the instructor. — New Times. 

This is a beautiful and instructive work, particularly calculated for 
•the rising generation.— Sun. 



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THE PORTABLE DIORAMA; 

Consisting of 
Romantic, Grand, and Picturesque Scenery : with the neces- 
sary Apparatus for producing the various Effects of Sunrise, 
Sunset, Moonlight, the Appearance and Disappearance of 
Clouds, the Rainbow, &c. on the principle of the Diorama in 
Regent's-Park. Accompanied with an entirely New Work, 
illustrated with Plates, entitled, 

THE AMATEUR'S ASSISTANT; 
Or, a Series of Instructions in Sketching from Nature, the 
Application of Perspective, Tinting of Sketches, Drawing 
in Water-Colours, Transparent Painting, &c. 

The whole intended as a stimulus to young persons in the 
pursuit of a delightful art, by enabling them to delineate va- 
rious scenes for the Diorama, as their taste may direct ; thus 
furnishing an inexhaustible source of rational enjoymeut, by 
blending instruction with amusement. By John Clark, 
The Box will form an elegant ornament of the Drawing- 
Room. The following are its dimensions : length, 13^ in. ; 
"breadth, 10§ in.; depth, Bin. 

It has frequently fallen upon us (in the course of our travel to pro- 
mote the success of the Fine Arts), to notice ingenious and beautiful 
inventions for their illustration, and the consequent diffusion of a 
taste for their enjoyment. Among others, the Myrioramas of Mr. 
Clark claimed our just panegyrics, and the Urania's Mirror, published 
also by Mr. Leigh, obtained a well-deserved celebrity. But without 
■undervaluing these admirable designs, we confess that we are better 
pleased with the portable Diorama than with anything of the kind 
that has preceded it. In the form of a fine toy, it is really a most 
instructive and delightful production of art, capable of affording end- 
less and refined amusement to all ranks and ages. 

A thin volume, entitled the Amateur's Assistant, is not only a 
valuable appendage to this invention, but a clever code of instructions 
(with tinted examples) for sketching from nature, drawing in water- 
colours, and transparent painting. The whole, we are certain, will 
be very popular, as it well merits to be. — Literary Gazette. 



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